Five Ways to Save Money While Making Your Business Greener

By Barbara Swenson

Becoming green can save you money. By reducing your energy use and recycling your office supplies, you save on your expenses while becoming a more environmentally conscious business. This helps your business and our planet thrive and prosper.

Not only do you save money, you create an environment that is healthier for both you and your employees. Using less toxic cleaning products and adding some greenery to your business are basic ways

to begin the process.

The following are five easy ways you can begin going green and saving money:

1. Develop a Green Strategy

The idea is to think green and integrate it into your way of doing business. Reducing the waste and garbage from your business reduces your environmental footprint and overall disposal cost. Learn everything you can about businesses becoming green, and implement a training program for your employees and business associates. Planning for the future is an essential part of business success. Rather than struggling against the changes that inevitably occur, embrace them and make money from them.

2. Reuse and Recycle Office Supplies

Office supplies are one of the best areas to begin your greening process. The idea is to reduce your waste so that you make little or no environmental footprint. To do this, you should primarily purchase supplies that are biodegradable or recyclable, or those that can be composted. Other ideas include the following:

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