Just because you’re a small business or WAHM, doesn’t mean you can’t
do your bit for the environment. Every little helps, so why not implement a few
green strategies and make the world a better place?
- Have your boiler serviced
Summer might be on its way, but it’s never too late to have
your boiler serviced – particulalrly if you didn’t get round to it over winter.
A Gas Safe Register will check everything’s working efficiently and stop your
company from throwing money down the drain on high emissions. The cost is
normally covered by
decent
central heating insurance, so read the terms and conditions of your policy.
Believe it or not, we generate about 228 million tonnes of
waste every year in England alone. This means our resources aren’t being fully
valued both financially and environmentally, so it’s essential to do something
about this.
The
government have many plans in place, but you can make a difference by
introducing a recycling scheme.
With paper usage in many parts of the world on the rise, our
rainforests are in considerable danger. This in turn effects animals, rural
communities and can contribute towards climate change, so try to keep your
usage to a minimal. Only print, scan and process documents when absolutely
necessary and instead rely on PowerPoint presentations and computer programs to
get the job done.
Leaving electrical appliances on standby creates around one
million tonnes of greenhouse gases every single year – that’s enough to CO2 to
fill over 20 million double decker buses. This is a significant amount of
pollution, so you must unplug all computers, scanners, printers, telephones and
other workplace equipment when they’re not in use.
- Switch to energy-saving lighting
Most working environments have to be well-lit, but you don’t
have to rely on traditional incandescent bulbs to do the job. In fact, these
have now been banned by the European Union, so if you’re still using them,
switch to compact fluorescents. The latter are a lot more energy-efficient and
will help light up your workspace without leaving you with a massive
electricity bill.
It’s the duty of every company and employee to protect the
world we live in, so it’s worth putting these energy-saving strategies in
place.
