• Ask your employer to buy office supplies made with recycled content. Recycled printer cartridges are often cheaper than new ones.
• When buying paper and envelopes, look for a high percentage of post-consumer content and the minimum of chlorine bleaching. Producing recycled paper uses 55 percent less water than producing virgin paper. It also takes up to 70 percent less energy.
• Your office supply purchaser should also know to be on the lookout for pens and pencils made of recycled materials and refillable pens and markers.