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  • GreenOfficeStore.com offers Free Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products Via FreeGreenCleaners.com
    In an effort to promote the use eco-friendly products and green cleaners, GreenOfficeStore.com has announced the launch of a new website, www.FreeGreenCleaners.com.
  • Green Office.com Green Facts
    Human beings are currently causing the greatest mass extinction of species since the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. If present trends continue one half of all species of life on earth will be extinct in less than 100 years, as a result of habitat destruction, pollution, invasive species, and climate change.
  • Clean Green
    Are you wearing your oxygen mask when you clean your yard and house? If not, you might want to consider switching to green products for your house and yard sanitation needs
  • Benefits of Recycled and Remanufactured Ink Cartridges
    Millions of empty toner and inkjet cartridges used in printers, fax machines, and copiers are discarded every year and end up in landfills or incinerators. Buying remanufactured toner and inkjet cartridges, and recycling empty cartridges, is an easy way for businesses to reduce the environmental impact of these discarded products and often save money at the same time.
  • The Papermate Earth Write Pencil
    In keeping with the trend toward creating and marketing environmentally friendly products, Paper Mate sells the Earth Write Blackcore pencil. According to Brad Kelly, Consumer Affairs Representative for Sanford, which owns the Paper Mate brand, the Earth Write pencils were introduced in February of 1998. They are made from 100 per cent pre consumer waste materials. Pre consumer waste materials are those that have not met their intended end-use by a consumer and include allowable waste left over from manufacturing, converting, and printing processes.
  • Green Benefits of Long-Lasting and Rechargeable Batteries
    Demand for batteries in the United States has steadily been increasing for decades. With the continuing technological advances in consumer products and the increasing portability of battery operated equipment, this demand for batteries will continue. According to Battery Solutions, Inc. a battery recycling group in Michigan, there were over 3 billion industrial and household batteries sold in the United States.
  • Marcal: An Environmentally Sound Office Supplier
    Founded in 1932, Marcal is among the top 10 largest tissue and paper producers in North America. The company has been successful through four generations of family ownership and has produced a well-respected brand name product with a loyal customer following. Long before recycling became popular, the company pioneered the paper recycling process.
  • What Color is Your Office? Ideas for Greening Your Office
    Gone are the days when selecting a color for your office walls meant going to the hardware store and selecting a neutral beige or sterile white. If your office is not some shade of green, then you are not working in a 21st century environment. The slogan 'Go Green' has become a bandwagon onto which everyone is willingly jumping.
  • Office Supply Manufacturers Go Green
    The demand for environmentally-friendly goods and services has driven manufacturers of office supplies to 'go green.' As demand swells, office supply manufacturers will undoubtedly grow their environmental product lines and gain larger market shares as they force out less environmentally conscious companies and products. As customers continue to support these pioneers, it will help push the cutting edge of new environmental product development.
  • Post-consumer waste and Pre-consumer waste: What exactly is the difference?
    Pre-consumer waste is a material that was discarded before it was ready for consumer use. Post-consumer waste is material discarded after someone uses it.
  • The Importance of a Green Office
    If you’ve at all been thinking about putting together your own green office, there are some statistics that very possibly could be the final determining factor for you. Paper, office supplies and furniture that cannot be recycled accounts for a massive amount of materials that clutter landfills today.
  • Everyday Offices and Their Affect on the Environment
    We have been graced, in the 21st century, with a plethora of consumer goods that make our work environment pleasant. In fact, most goods are no longer considered a luxury but an absolute necessity. However, all goods come with a price tag; and that price is not necessarily monetary. All products have some impact on the environment, which may occur at any or all stages of the product's life cycle - raw material acquisition, manufacture, distribution, use and disposal.

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