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print to PDF and save to a secure storage drive.

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Enforce good printing practices such as always double-checking the settings to avoid printing more than you intend to print.

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Save scrap pages and get someone's kids to come in and cut them into note-size pieces for the quick note someone needs to leave on another's desk.

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Recycle print cartridges every time! It's easy for someone to leave work twenty minutes early once a week and drop the empty cartridge bin by the local ink recycling shop.

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Recycle desktops and workstations to non-profit groups. This not only avoids costly and hazardous breakdown of equipment into recyclable components, but gets the last ounce of life out of outdated equipment by donating it off to a worthy cause. For security's sake, have someone rip all the old hard drives out and replace them with cheap $50 hard drives-you can then be assured your data is never compromised. Lend them your network administrator to help set up their systems. And, you can write off the donations on your business taxes.

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In some areas, green power providers can sell green bandwidth using the same principles as their green power.

Finally, develop a green technology statement documenting all of your efforts at going green. Make it a practice to include this statement in every business proposal you write and use it to develop press releases. Get the word out on the street that you're an up-and-coming, ecologically-aware company. It will carry its own reward in an increase in business with environmentally-conscious customers.

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