Purchasing durable, high quality, less toxic products, reusing supplies, and refraining from buying single-use products reduces your impact on the environment. Additionally, many office supplies are made from recycled content, including notepads, file folders, scissors, pens, clipboards, and Post-It Notes.

Choose

  • Recycled-content items
  • Refillable and/or recyclable products
  • High quality, durable items
  • Non-toxic
  • Unscented
  • Low-emission pens and markers

Avoid

  • Single use/disposable items
  • Vinyl binders
  • Aerosols [canned air has high VOC’s – look for manual air distributors]

End of Life

  • Recycle paper
  • Re-use
  • Donate

Environmental Labels

  • Recycled content; Green Seal; UL ECOLOGO; FSC Chain of Custody; Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)