Being Green at Work and at Home Made Easy
As time goes on, the negative impact caused to our wonderful planet by the human race is becoming increasingly obvious.
That’s probably the biggest understatement of the year thus far!
We can all as individuals do small things to counteract or reduce the perpetual damage we are causing.
Recycling, for example has been made easy for us both at home and at the office. It is effective and simple and we’ve known about it for years .
There are facilities available to recycle our plastic, glass and metal items. This can be effected at home and by taking the items to a local depot or to convenient recycling areas
We can all save power by turning off lights in unoccupied rooms or offices. We can learn to turn off power sources to various appliances and not leave them on ‘standby’.
It is not necessary to eat and drink from disposable cups and plates . Some materials from which these are manufactured may be biodegradable but plenty are not. A china cup improves the pleasure of drinking a cup of coffee or tea no end. This alone offers real benefit to the consumer.
Bottled water is a total waste of our resources when good clean water is so readily available to all. Recent reports show that the amount of plastic waste from packaging generated each year in the UK alone is estimated at 1.5 million tonnes. Reducing that figure would do wonders for our environment.
Email is a boon to society as thanks to the ‘information age’ we can share our ideas, news items, jokes and anecdotes with everyone without the use of paper resources. Just remember not to print! Few emails are so important that we need a copy to keep for posterity .
A significant move towards being ‘eco aware’ in the workplace is the use of recycled materials in the production of office furniture.
A product called Wheatboard has been introduced. It is a by product of wheat straw and would usually be discarded and burnt or disposed of in landfill sites . It uses no formaldehyde in it’s construction and when produced into sheets, is extremely versatile as it may be sealed, painted, varnished etc and formed into many designs.
It’s qualities of being extremely durable and lightweight have made it a viable alternative to wood and a renewable material ideal for manufacturing office desks, cabinets and cupboards as well as items of furniture for the home.
We can all become ‘eco aware’ both at home or work with merely a little thought and practical application.
