In the Snack Drawer – Spring Cleaning Week
We all like to have those work day pick-me-ups stashed somewhere nearby. If you bring your own food and snacks you are saving calories, saving money and saving landfills from all the packaging of takeout. If your company has a lunchroom lineup provided, there are some great ways to incorporate sustainable strategies into office snacks and drinks.
Coffee: So many cups, so few hours in the day. If coffee is an office staple, consider this: coffee is the second most traded commodity on the planet next to oil. Go for organic and fair trade, support farmers direct to keep it socially responsible. You can order Costa Rican blends direct from the people that grow the beans here, delicious and ultimate fair trade. Or checkout Co-op America’s list of fair trade co
Using eco-friendly cleaning products in the office kitchen is another great green initiative. Eco-Sense brand multi-purpose cleaning wipes are biodegradable, the botanical disinfectant contains the first such formula to be approved by the EPA, and the dish washing cleaners (automatic and manual) are awesome, too, with the manual dish washing liquid being made of all biodegradable ingredients. The entire Eco-Sense line is free of chlorine bleach and phosphates, and even costs less per use/load.
This exclusive product line is available through independent marketing executives like myself and are not available in stores; however, a company can itself become a customer. Besides helping to protect the environment, it’s a great thing to have on the company books :-)
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Eco-friendly cleaning supplies are great for both the environment and for the occupants. I cover this quite a bit on Daily Tomorrow – some people might say I’m obsessed with getting the chemicals out of cleaning. Thanks for reminding our Greener Assets readers that clean can be environmentally friendly.
Thank you for this blog :-)
It’s easy to overlook those everyday things that we can do to protect the environment. You remind us that we can all do more.