everyone order lunch from the same place… it’s a stretch, but you’d eliminate all but one delivery driver… and the related packaging. (alternatively, one person cooks enough for the office, everyone takes turns… or you just hire me to cook for you, LOL…)

encourage the companies who provide you with products to reduce their packaging.

when color coding, use markers and pens, NOT dyed papers and folders and cardstock. All that dye has gotta come from somewhere, and when it get recycled, it’s gotta get bleached back to white.

You probably already do this, but casual clothing doesn’t need to be dry-cleaned, and that saves resources.

Don’t use cellophane-window envelopes, they dont’ recycle properly

and my personal favorite: “don’t replace, repair!”

Thanks for all of the suggestions. A lot of them are already implemented, but I’ll try and push for the telecommuting. That would make a lot of sense, given that we’re a high-tech firm…

Also, thanks to imbusy. We store pretty much everything electronically, thankfully. It’s only print time when we have to annotate things. (If anybody knows good annotation software, I’d be happy to hear it!)

• Implement telecommuting days and car-pooling if you haven’t done so already. Also, try to encourage people to not drive during lunchtime.

• Save electricity by turning off lights and computers that are not needed when employees are gone for the day.

• Ensure that the building maintenance crew is doing their part in changing out AC filters, sealing air leaks around windows and doors, et cetera. If possible, lower the AC temp during the winter and raise it during the summer to save on energy for heating and cooling. Also, have building maintenance look into UV films or sunscreens for the windows to cut down on cooling bills.

• Participate on freecycle.org to avoid adding used office supplies to landfills.

• Reuse as much as possible in terms of folders, cardboard boxes, et cetera.

• Also, check out the guys over at T.S. Designs for some inspiration and ideas (their video has some pretty cool ideas too – just be aware that’s it’s 17mb in size).