Links to Web sites concerned with environmentally friendly ways of saving money in the office environment.

TonerTopUp helps you to do your bit for the environment by providing toner powder so that you can refill and reuse your empty laser printer, copier and fax machine cartridges. This is a good way of saving money whilst recycling.

Recycle Now

from Wrap

The Recyclenow web site suggests some helpful ways to recycle in the home, work, school, garden, shops and leisure environments.

http://www.recyclenow.com/
index.html

The Wastebook
http://www.wastebook.org/

A free guide to recycling and sustainable waste management for businesses and organisations
Comprehensive information on recycling from various government organisations in association with Friends of the Earth.

Barnett Recycling Ltd

http://www.barnetrecycling.com/

While many organisations both charitable and commercial collect empty laser printer cartridges for remanufacturing, Barnet recycling also will collect cartridges which are NOT SUITABLE FOR REMANUFACTURING for recycling and will send these for stripping and regranulation of the plastics. They also collect a wide range of other plastics at the same time. They collect a minimum of 15 cartridges, and charge around £1 per cartridge.

This is great from an environmental point of view as it closes the loop! We suggest that the best savings in cost as well as the best environmental practice is to buy good quality remanufactured cartridges where these are available in the first place, to refill using our refill toner until the cartridge is worn out and then to sent the cartridge for stripping and recycling of the component material. The last part is the hardest as there are few people who will accept cartridges for stripping and recycling if they are not suited for remanufacturing. Congratulations to Barnet for providing this service!

Note: Most cartridge remanufacturers work only with "virgin" cartridges and not those that have already been remanufactured once.

Another company that takes back worn out refilled cartridges is Recycling in Action. They have a unique process for washing and granulating mainly the black cartridges. They use the generated regrind in an extrusion process for moulded applications.

http://www.recyclinginaction.com

information and support service provided, particularly for small and medium-sized businesses, by Business Links.
http://www.envirolinkuk.org/

This web site has been designed to enable you to access easily and quickly and at no charge information on a range of environmental issues relevant to your business. It also signposts and links you to sources of more detailed information.

Ways to save office costs
http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk /fin/purchasingandenvironment/ environmentpages /environmentindex.htm

An excellent list of green ways to save office costs from the Leeds Metropolitan University but applicable to all businesses.

(Note PDF format. This requires Adobe Acrobat Reader which is a free download from

http://www.adobe.com/ products/acrobat/ readstep.html)

Wrap

WRAP's mission is to accelerate resource efficiency by creating efficient markets for recycled materials and products, while removing barriers to waste minimisation, re-use and recycling.

http://www.wrap.org.uk/

Government advice web site for businesses with fewer than 250 employees.
http://www.envirowise.gov.uk/

The Envirowise web site is packed full of information to help you make savings in your company. By registering you will receive up to date and relevant information direct to your personalised homepage.

You can save as much as £1000 per employee through the effective use of raw materials. But many companies continue to throw away profit in the form of avoidable waste.
Help is at hand. Every year, the Envirowise Programme helps thousands of businesses across the UK improve profits. It has published more than 350 publications, run around 200 events per year and has helped save British businesses more than £180 million.
You can take advantage of the free services from Envirowise including Fast Track Visits.
How would you like a specialist advisor to come to your company for free and tell you where you could save £1000 per employee?

Sustainable Development
The Government's approach - delivering UK sustainable development together.

These pages have been developed as a guide for businesses, in service industries as well as manufacturing, to become more resource efficient, competitive and socially responsible. They demonstrate the business case for taking action, showcase companies that are already benefiting from taking the lead, and provide information on how to seize these opportunities to advance your business.

Furniture to get rid of?

Green-Works is a not-for-profit social enterprise providing office furniture to schools, charities, community groups and start-up businesses that need it.

Green-Works is an award winning social enterprise that bridges the gap between organisations with redundant office furniture and schools, charities, community groups and small businesses that need it. Although used, the furniture is well made and high quality and we offer it for sale at heavily discounted prices. Hundreds of organisations have benefited from our low cost office furniture and have been able instead to concentrate their funds on core activities. In addition to diverting furniture from landfill, all warehouse operations are based in deprived areas to create jobs and training opportunities for disadvantaged people.

The Ecologist Magazine

http://www.theecologist.org/index.html

An excellent magazine for those interested in ecological matters!

Wastewatch
http://www.wastewatch.org.uk/

Wastewatch is a charity devoted to promoting action on waste reduction, reuse and recycling.

They publish the Green Office Manual. (Or is it now Earth Scan that do that?) Anyway the manual is available at:

http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/222

or from Amazon at

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Office-Manual-Responsible-Practice/dp/1853836796

The use of remanufactured cartridges
http://www.officegreen.co.uk/

A reputable office recycling organisation. If you can't be bothered to save money by refilling your own cartridges but you still want them recycled, you could choose to use the Office Green collection service. Your cartridges will then be used for remanufacture.

TonerTopUp helps you to do your bit for the environment by providing toner powder so that you can refill and reuse your empty laser printer, copier and fax machine cartridges. This is a good way of saving money whilst recycling.

The Green Parent magazine

Green Parent Magazine focuses on a green home life style.

http://www.thegreenparent.co.uk

The Green Parent website, home of the UK's leading green lifestyle magazine. You'll find lots of information and inspiration here, whether you want to read articles on natural parenting or try out guilt-free shopping.

This gorgeous magazine covers all aspects of family life from birth to alternative education, eco house and garden to nutrition. Each issue comes with a pull-out Green Kids magazine packed with nature activities and games.

We apologise if any of these links to external site have died recently! It happens! Reviewed December 2006.

Envocare

A site with tons of information on environmentally friendly matters including printer cartridges!

http://www.envocare.co.uk/

The "Envocare" ® site was conceived, and will continue to be developed, as a central source of data on environmental issues.
Our aim is to provide useful information on the site, we do not offer any kind of recycling or trading service.