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Last year, Australians spent on average 251.5 days at the office. For many of us, that’s about 2012 hours at the desk, in front of at a carbon emitting computer or standing in front of a paper spitting, toner ejecting printer. It’s more important than ever to get your workplace in eco shape.

Australian offices use an estimated 1.4 million tonnes of paper every year. The average office document is printed 19 times. We throw out around 18 million used toner cartridges. Many of us leave our computers running and our office lights on into the wee hours of the night as we burn the midnight oil.

Here are some helpful cues for the cubicle, so you can enjoy those 2012 hours (or 1932 hours that are left) of 2009 in a more eco way.

1. Rethink ink and refill ink cartridges. A standard cartridge can be refilled up to four times before it needs to be replaced. Handy tip, get it filled as soon as you notice a decrease in the print quality, it keeps the heads from getting clogged up.

2. You can bring a cartridge recycling program into your office. Many of these programs collect toners and drums as well. Local outlets, such as the post office, will also collect them for reprocessing

3. Consider your superannuation. We all have it, but yours can make a difference towards the future. There are several super funds that have ethical or socially responsible options, such as Vic Super. This means that your superannuation money is only invested in companies that rate highly in terms of their environmental and social performance.

4. Ask to see your company’s environmental policy. If there isn’t one, then inquire as to why not, they might just be behind the green eight ball!

5. Relax and enjoy your lunch! If you’re buying food for lunch, eat it out instead of taking it back to your desk. It’ll save on packaging and keep your keyboard crumb free!

6. Look into starting an environmental committee at your work to affect change. It can be as simple as starting a recycling program or educating your colleagues.

7. Save paper and print double sided or re-use printer paper. Some printers can print double sided while others may require you to manually flip sheets over. Put a little reminder note on how to print double sided (Print side down!) to keep those little double sided feed-ins from happening.

8. Bring an indoor plant to work. They give your office a little green flair and give oxygen as wel as help filter indoor pollutants. Plants play an important role in keeping employees happy and relaxed while absorbing radiation from computers. Consider turning your office into an urban jungle!

9. Make sure your office switches off its lights at night, place a reminder notice above the switch. Switching on whole floors of lights for one worker burning the midnight oil is exceptionally wasteful. Consider using a desk lamp instead.

10. Power down computers and monitors. Standby power currently accounts for 10.7 per cent of average household power consumption which ends up as 6.5 million tonnes of CO2 emissions!

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Paige Green
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