EARTHLY CONSIDERATIONS

How to set up an office recycling program, and why EarthWise¨ Recycled Filing Supplies are important

Preserving natural resources to protect the environment for future generations is one of the most vital things each of us can do, and itÕs everyoneÕs responsibility Ð particularly people who work in an office and create presentations, reports, letters and other paper-intensive documents.

One of the best ways to be environmentally friendly in your office is to actively recycle your office paper. ItÕs easier than you might imagine to create your own office recycling program, hereÕs all you do:

1) Appoint someone in your office to be the Òrecycling coordinator,Ó and rotate the responsibility to get everyone involved on a continuing basis.

2) Place individual Òpaper collectionÓ trays or boxes throughout your office...near the copy machine, close to each workstation, etc.

3) Set up a large, central collection box and periodically (perhaps at the end of each day) empty the contents of each individual collection receptacle into the central collection box.

4) Arrange for your companyÕs or buildingÕs maintenance staff to periodically transfer contents of the collection box to a temporary storage area.

5) Contact a reputable recyclable waste dealer or paper recycling firm and coordinate a weekly schedule for them to pick-up the paper you collect (many waste dealers pay for recyclable paper, so your office recycling program will easily pay for itself!)

Furthermore, besides recycling your office paper, consider using recycled filing supplies such as EarthWise¨ file folders and index cards. These products provide the same performance and reliability as regular filing supplies, but theyÕre made from recycled materials to help protect natural resources. Importantly, EarthWise products contain maximum amounts of post-consumer waste, which is material that has been used, discarded and then re-used to make new products.