Environmentally Friendly Ideas For Your Small Business

There are small things we can do at home to be more environmentally friendly. Your small business is no different. Take a few minutes at your next team meeting to brain storm ways to be more green. I have listed four ideas to get your started!

Recycling – Environmentally Friendly Ideas For Your Small Business

This is such an easy one! In our house we actually have more recycling than we do trash most weeks.  Make it easy for your employees by placing recycling bins by all the trash cans. Simple signs showing what can be recycled instead of thrown out can be hung above them.

Green Cleaning Products – Environmentally Friendly Ideas For Your Small Business

Green cleaning products do not have to be more expensive. In fact, they can be much cheaper! Buy vinegar and baking soda in bulk or large containers. Scrub out toilets and sinks with this mixture. Sanitize counters and desks with the vinegar. There are environmentally friendly hand soaps that are similar in cost to conventional soap without any of the harmful effects.

Replace Disposables – Environmentally Friendly Ideas For Your Small Business

Coffee stirrers, paper towel and sugar packets are small pieces of trash that add up to a lot of waste over time. Use a regular utensil to stir your coffee and keep your sugar and cream in containers. Hand towels in the break room are mush less wasteful than having paper towels out. Convenience items often cost more in the long run too. So this can be a great way to cut your costs as well.

Go Digital – Environmentally Friendly Ideas For Your Small Business

If you don’t have to print something, DON’T! Use email whenever possible and minimize print outs for meetings by using technology such as Google Docs. In business, you can’t minimize all of the printing and copying, but you can minimize some just by paying attention. Consider your paper usage and make sure the things you are printing cannot be shared in another way.