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Click to view AppleGraphics's profile Mogul AppleGraphics 66 posts since
Mar 1, 2008
15. Re: Doing anything "green" for your business? Mar 5, 2008 9:23 PM
in response to: WhiteBrow
Currently we do the basics at my company. Being a commercial printer we make sure to recycle all the excess paper we produce as well as offer recycled paper options to our clientele. We have also switched over to a new press which uses much less chemicals.
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Click to view yMladenov's profile Professional yMladenov 5 posts since
Mar 6, 2008
16. Re: Doing anything "green" for your business? Mar 6, 2008 6:03 AM
in response to: AppleGraphics
Hi, this is my first post here.
I have a home based business, trading with retail products (pc's and multimedia) as a primary activity. Secondary, do tech support for local companies and clients. Tertiary, I do a lot of desktop publishing, commercial/artistic/web design as well as some marketing and management (business plans, finances, etc).

Since I live in a small and not so advanced country I cannot do a lot of recycling. Last year we had recycling bins distributed on the streets for the first time. For now the only thing I do is offer a unique (for the area at least) service that I call "PC recycling". When a client wants to buy a new PC and get rid of his old one I take it for technical examination, do price evaluation and the price of the new PC is lowered by the value of the old one. Client gets his new PC, while I reassemble the old one, clean the parts and utilize them for new applications in local offices and homes. I also plan to do a monthly clean out of my home-based office and get my trash to the other end of the street where we have recycling bins.

@slavaret Great tips for recycling! I do a lot of printing - offers and price quotes on my products so I'll put those in use right away!
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Click to view designer's profile Mogul designer 329 posts since
Feb 28, 2008
17. Re: Doing anything "green" for your business? Mar 20, 2008 1:53 PM
in response to: WhiteBrow
Hello. As a small business owner, I work from home and have an exclusive on-line website. I feel I am saving our earth by not having a brick and mortar store and all the equipment needed to fill it as well as the electricity, heat, air and all the resources to make a store pretty and eye-appealing with signs and lighted advertising displays. When I package my product, I include items that a person can use many times over and over for a long period of time. I try to double up on everything and make the best use of what I have so I am not wasteful.

When I do my beading, I really prefer the natural daylight and sun. I enjoy working with my gem stones and semi-precious stones and feel they are gifts from Mother Nature. I have been more aware of the materials and supplies I use these days, for example I no longer use plastics or man-made materials in my designs and shy away from scraps of material. Sometimes, I will rescue vintage pieces and turn old brooches and pendants into a brand new design. It's fun!
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Click to view MYOB08's profile Mogul MYOB08 46 posts since
Feb 16, 2008
18. Re: Doing anything "green" for your business? Mar 21, 2008 7:01 AM
in response to: designer
I use an electronic fax and sms service called UTBOX http://www.utbox.net/

It saves paper at my end and at their end.

It is cheap, and you can get a one month free trial.

Here is my referral code - we both get $5 credit if you use it : PSRE-SSQY-6CBK

I love to hear other experiences with virtual teams!
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Click to view puzzleman's profile Mogul puzzleman 293 posts since
Oct 11, 2007
19. Re: Doing anything "green" for your business? Mar 21, 2008 3:02 PM
in response to: WhiteBrow
As a manufacturer of wooden products, we have lots of scrap. We take those scraps and cut them into various shapes. Then sand smooth and sell what we can as building blocks. Since we produce more than we can sell, we donate the rest to an organization that distributes them to children's hospitals throughout the country. Last year we saved over 1,000 pounds of wood from going into the trash.

We also take our sawdust and mix it with the community's shredded wood scraps from their tree trimming service. This then breaks down into mulch. We recycled over 200 pounds of sawdust last year.

We have replaced light switches in seldom used rooms with motion detectors. The lights only come on with someone in the room and turn off 30 seconds after they leave. Rooms that we put them in are the restrooms, stock room, secondary office and storage closet.

All of our light bulbs are fluorescent to keep costs down. Also all of the sanders and routers have automatic dust collection. The dust collectors get turned on and off when the machines are turned on and off. this keeps someone from forgetting to turn off the dust collectors.

Jim
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Click to view Spamfork's profile Mogul Spamfork 24 posts since
Feb 27, 2008
20. Re: Doing anything Mar 24, 2008 3:56 PM
in response to: WhiteBrow
Hello Folks,

Manta.com is a free company information site that has about 6 million unique visits per month. If your doing something green at your company - consider updating your company profile on Manta.com to let consumers know... Manta already has basic informaiton on about 45 million companies but is now collecting any "green" initiatives....The more companies start promoting thier green efforts - the more other companies will feel compelled to follow.

manta.com/comsite5/bin/manta_tt_page.pl?page=uecp_help_sidebar
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Click to view Philip F's profile Professional Philip F 3 posts since
Dec 19, 2007
21. Re: Doing anything "green" for your business? Mar 24, 2008 9:56 PM
in response to: WhiteBrow
I've just updated a website called "astroink.com" that provides recycled toner cartridges to businesses. They also provide documentation to large businesses that shows just how many cartridges they reused instead of buying new ones.

Using recycled toner and ink cartridges are a HUGE way to be green. Remanufactured toner and ink are also much cheaper than originals. We're heading for a recession - remanufactured is one way to go.

I worked with the company on re-positioning themselves as a more 'green company' instead of just a toner remanufacturing company. They reuse EVERYTHING - from the box to the plastic bags the previous toner was put in. The previous website was just about 'selling' remanufactured cartridges but the company's mission statement on the whole was far more. They're a company helping other companies to be greener.

We're going through finalizing the site's profile so people can find them better through Google and Yahoo. BUT please check out their site: www.astroink.com They've got some great recycling factoids on the front page!

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Click to view scubajared's profile Professional scubajared 3 posts since
Apr 2, 2008
22. Re: Doing anything "green" for your business? Apr 2, 2008 11:49 AM
in response to: WhiteBrow
We help businesses go green with their marketing campaigns. We sell a full line of eco friendly promotional products.
http://www.farfromboring.com/Promotional-
Products/Eco-Friendly/c-85.html

Have a great day!

Jared
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