Reduce your carbon footprint without reducing your effectiveness

Paperflow is committed to an ongoing policy of sourcing ethical and environmentally sound office supplies wherever possible and delivering them in the most efficient way through OneSource. Many of our products are certified to fair trade and environmental standards and are very competitively priced. That's us. But what about you? How can you reduce your carbon footprint?

1. Consolidate your office supply orders in one delivery where possible
2. For commonly used products like copier paper, choose the recycled option
3. Take advantage of our FREE paper recycling service by introducing a recycling scheme in your office
4. Try ordering recycled printer cartridges - you'll be surprised by the quality and the price
5. Look for the Fairtrade logo on consumables like tea and coffee
6. Replace lights with low energy fittings and save up to 50% on your electricity costs
7. Fit water-saving devices and reduce water use by up to 40%
8. Turn your heating down by one degree - it can save as much as 10% on your heating bill and most staff are comfortable at 19°C
9. Set your air-conditioning not to come on below 24°C
10. Switch off computer monitors over lunch, during meetings and at the end of the day. Monitors use twice the energy of PCs and each one left on overnight wastes enough energy to make 600 photocopies

If you would like further information about how your company can do more for the environment - and make a positive impact on your business at the same time - ask us about our Environmental Survey. A free service, it can highlight areas where you can make a realisable difference.