I read today that the White House is going green, so it seems like a good time to find some ways to make my own office greener.

I plan to start with the standard “reduce, reuse and recycle” since I already reduce a lot – using less paper and other resources saves money. Since I do a lot of my business for Star50 online, I already use less paper than more traditional businesses. Of course, there is always more we can all do and I plan to do my part!

Recycling, too, is easy. Simply set up bins in a central location for paper, plastic, glass and aluminum cans. I plan to have paper collection bins in several location throughout the office – near printers, copiers and workstations. If you can’t get recycling picked up at your office, you can either take it home for curbside recycling or drop it off at a recycling center on the way home from work.

With the green bug hitting so many people, greener office supplies are becoming more and more available. You can buy everything from organic cleaning supplies to recycled paper to keep your office environmentally friendly. With all the shipping I do, I was happy to find that I can even buy and use green packing materials! Committing to go green with even one product line such as packing materials, can make a huge difference in a business’s environmental footprint.

Another simple and easy way to go green at work is to turn off computers when they are not in use. According to goinggreen.com, nearly half of U.S. employees who use a PC don’t shut down their computers at the end of the workday, wasting energy costing billions each year.

If you are on and off the computer all day, check out the eco-button that allows you to quickly and easily stop and restart the computer each time you step away from the computer.

You can also reduce your energy usage at the office by replacing light bulbs with CFEs or LED lights when they burn out. Both can save energy and save you money. According to The Daily Green, LEDs can save up to $20 a month in locations where the lights are left on all of the time.

There are so many ways to make my office greener I can’t wait to get started!

We want to hear from you!  What kind of information are you looking for–travel or fashion?  Unfortunately we didn’t get the kind of response we were looking for last time we asked, so we’re going trying it again.

Here at Star50 we love to talk about the quirky, the kitsch, and the undiscovered but we also love to discuss fashion.  I mean, who doesn’t love to talk handbags, hats, shoes, and makeup, right?

So give it to us straight.  We created a survey on www.constantcontact.com

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Let us know how we can help you have a better, happy-feel-good experience with us; whether its shopping on our site our reading this blog,  give me the chance to do it right.

Thanks and enjoy the trip!

Amity