While huge go green initiatives have garnered extensive attention on a worldwide scale, it’s important to remember that, when it comes to making the environment a top priority, it doesn’t have to be a “go big or go home” mentality. In fact, for many organizations, starting with smaller initiatives can yield extensive overall impact and set the foundation for larger actions in the future.
What’s one of the best ways to start your business’s go green efforts? Implement paper recycling. Paper recycling provides a streamlined, straightforward process that can quickly be implemented in even the largest organizations and corporations. Oftentimes, simply setting up recycling bins throughout the office is all it takes to encourage all employees to embrace the process.
Making paper recycling an integral part of your company’s day-to-day operations instantly yields a distinctive range of environmentally-friendly benefits such as:
- Reducing capacity at landfills: Items that aren’t properly recycled can spend a lifetime taking up space in already crowded landfills and dumps. Choosing to repurpose your paper ensures that it won’t end up in trash heaps.
- Minimizing gas emissions: Not only do non-recycled items take up unnecessary space in landfills, but trash accumulating in these dumps has been proven to emit gasses into the environment. Choosing to recycle eliminates the chance that your products will contribute harmful gas emissions to our delicate ecosystems.
Paper Recycling: The First Step To Minimizing Your Corporate Carbon Footprint
For many organizations, paper recycling is such an easy solution that it actually encourages the company to strategize other ways to minimize its overall carbon footprint. There are a wide range of strategies an organization can implement to help ensure that it’s doing everything it can to make the environment a top priority. Expanding office recycling programs or operations recycling programs to include cardboard, glass and/or scrap metal are a few of the simple ways that businesses in every industry can enhance their current go green efforts.
There are even sustainability firms that can help your business go green – whether you’re just getting started or looking for that “zero landfill” status. Partner with one of these firms for a comprehensive plan for achieving sustainability. For example, a waste management firm can help create customized trash and scrap solutions to not only help your business do its part for the environment, but also help your company reduce operational costs for the ultimate corporate win/win.
Guest blog submitted by Tom Campeggio, Controller for Combined Resources.