Comments on: Green Your Office http://www.greenwerkspro.com/green-your-office/ Chicago Home Remodeling Company Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:35:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jennifer http://www.greenwerkspro.com/green-your-office/#comment-44 Jennifer Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:56:58 +0000 http://www.greenwerkspro.com/blog/?p=191#comment-44 Thanks for these great suggestions! I have a few additional ideas: --This idea may not be feasible for all offices, but if there's an outdoor space an office can have a compost bin for organic waste. Or, for an indoor space you can have a worm bin. This takes some maintenance but it can help an office to be waste-free. --When using planning meetings and events, use caterers that implement environmentally-friendly practices, such as using local and organic food and not using disposables. This is a positive thing for your office and can also send a great message to guests at your meetings and events. --If employees are driving to work because they have to leave the office for external meetings and must drive there, consider getting a business membership to a carshare program and letting employees use the cars when necessary. That way they can take public transportation or walk to work and still have a car available if needed. Thanks also for the list of freebies in Chicago and the information about the Green Career Fair. Thanks for these great suggestions! I have a few additional ideas:
–This idea may not be feasible for all offices, but if there’s an outdoor space an office can have a compost bin for organic waste. Or, for an indoor space you can have a worm bin. This takes some maintenance but it can help an office to be waste-free.

–When using planning meetings and events, use caterers that implement environmentally-friendly practices, such as using local and organic food and not using disposables. This is a positive thing for your office and can also send a great message to guests at your meetings and events.

–If employees are driving to work because they have to leave the office for external meetings and must drive there, consider getting a business membership to a carshare program and letting employees use the cars when necessary. That way they can take public transportation or walk to work and still have a car available if needed.

Thanks also for the list of freebies in Chicago and the information about the Green Career Fair.

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