Scott County Office Green Tips

1) Print Double sided on recycled paper.  Did you know: If all the offices in the US double sided 60% of the time we’d save 15 million trees or 890,000 tons of paper!

2) Locate the recycling bin closest to your office.  Did you know:  Every person contributes 32 pounds of paper waste to the landfill every year.  

3) Reduce the number of handouts at meetings—make the presentation available online or condensed in a PowerPoint

4) Drink water in an aluminum bottle or a reusable mug. If you drink from plastics at work locate the recycling bin.

5) Go to www.reduce.org to stop unwanted junk mail.

6) Recycle printer cartridges at 6th floor Print Shop