| If you've at all been thinking about
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| | million pens that can only be used once
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| putting together your own green office,
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| | are used each year in just the United
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| there are some statistics that very
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| | States. The report found that 15-million
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| possibly could be the final determining
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| | pounds of polyester transparency films
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| factor for you. Paper, office supplies
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| | are thrown away in the U.S. annually and
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| and furniture that cannot be recycled
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| | that if businesses would remanufacture
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| accounts for a massive amount of
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| | their ink cartridges, they would be
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| materials that clutter landfills today.
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| | saving about $1.5 billion each year.
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| Paper
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| | If you focus on reusing office products
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| In terms of putting together a green
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| | and buying multiple-use products rather
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| office, paper and paperboard is consumed
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| | than single-use products, you can not
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| in massive amounts each year. In fact,
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| | only save money for your organization but
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| most of the paper we use in our offices
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| | you can also do your part to help the
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| today, still ends up as waste. Simply
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| | environment. You can also do your part by
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| creating the paper causes environmental
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| | buying office products that don't have
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| problems, as toxic chemicals are released
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| | toxic solvents and products that can be
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| into the air making printing, copying and
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| | remanufactured instead of taking up space
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| writing paper. These emissions increase
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| | in landfills.
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| the pollution in the air and do harm the
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| | Office Furniture
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| respiration of those living around paper
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| | There are two main environmental issues
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| mills.
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| | with standard wooden office furniture and
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| You can make your office greener by
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| | equipment. The first is that by simply
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| setting your copying machine to copy on
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| | creating the pieces of furniture, their
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| both sides of every sheet of paper, by
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| | construction is depleting the forest and
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| reducing standard-sized copying images to
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| | mineral reserves. The second is that the
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| fit two documents on one sheet, and by
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| | manufacturing processes of making
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| reusing paper as scrap.
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| | furniture pollute the air and our water
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| Office Supplies
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| | supply through volatile organic
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| Non-green offices hurt the environment by
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| | compounds. In fact, by simply having the
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| using and discarding many, many
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| | furniture sitting in your office, it may
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| transparency films, single-use pens,
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| | continue to discharge these compounds
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| printer cartridges and clipboards. A
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| | into the air.
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| recent Green Report found that 1.6
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