6 Sustainable Practices that Reduce Your Company’s Carbon Footprint
Category: Environmental
- Printing less equates to utilizing lesser paper – It is believed that paper makes up to about 35% of a company’s waste. However, paper is also a commodity that can be reused and also recycled. Paper waste can be reduced by consuming very little paper. Discourage printing of emails. Not all emails need to be printed. Encourage efficient organization of mails within the inbox, for easy retrieval when required. Take copies of important file and mails on an external hard disk. Do not take print outs unless essential. Set your printer to print on both sides of the paper, when printing is really important.
- Pulling the plug on unwanted energy wastage – Turn off the computers and lights when the office remains closed for the day. Ensure every equipment which consumes electricity is turned off at the end of the day. This also includes cell phone chargers that remain plugged in; the chargers still draw electricity even though there is no cell phone to charge. Change the lighting to energy-saving LEDs.
- Greener commutes – Most people drive to their offices on their own in their own cars. This practice is highly energy inefficient, and leads to high carbon emissions, traffic jams included. It is best to carpool, or use public transport, or even walk or cycle to office, as much as possible. Companies can incentivize employees opting for greener commutes through installation of bike racks and shower facilities.
- Recycling – Businesses produce lots of waste, and as much as possible it’s best to recycle this waste. Than provisioning bins at desks, it is best to set up recycling bins, so that wastes could be accordingly segregated as glass, metal, paper, or food waste. Segregation allows for easy recycling.
- Support companies that support the low-carbon future – An increasing number of companies are committing themselves to using 100% renewable energy. It is best to buy from such businesses as an act of encouragement and also as a gesture of support in their eco-friendly endeavors. We being a biomass briquette manufacturer in Bangalore, we too can support you in your eco-friendly endeavors. Our agro-waste based briquettes will definitely help bring down your company’s carbon footprint. Our briquetting plant uses the best of briquetting machines to produce quality briquettes that have low-carbon emissions. Our briquettes are also known as eco logs and heat logs.
- Plant a tree – The best way to reduce one’s carbon footprint is to plant a tree. Trees provide us shade and oxygen and in turn consume carbon-dioxide. It has been understood that a young tree absorbs almost 6 kgs of carbon dioxide each year. This amount climbs to 22 kgs on an annual basis by the time the tree matures. It is believed that a 10 year old tree releases enough oxygen into the air to support almost two human beings. Stop cutting trees and switch over to sawdust based briquettes for your energy requirements.