How To Go Green At Your Earth Day Promotions And Beyond!
Earth Day, which falls on April 22nd, makes a great reminder for everyone to go back to nature to save the world and be responsible for the environment. Make eco-friendly policies your way of life and find ways to reduce carbon footprints. Tradeshows and business events make great opportunities for businesses to highlight your eco-friendly credentials and social commitment. Once you take the basic equations of environment friendly lifestyle namely reduce, reuse and recycle you’ll find yourself carrying that mindset in your everyday life and corporate culture too.
Trade shows are massive events that draw a sizeable crowd and quite rightly create a lot of litter. From plastic water bottles to flyers and everything in between, tradeshows generate tons of trash. You can make some earnest efforts to make it as ecofriendly as possible.
Reduce
Paper flyers and brochures can be replaced with digital promotional materials like custom flashdrives that can be imprinted with your brand and message. It reduces trash and will serve as a long lasting promotional item for your brand.
Reuse
Food and drinks are the crowd pullers in any tradeshow; however not all of what is served is consumed. So donate the surplus food to make sure that it doesn’t go waste. Choose tradeshow giveaways like reusable water bottles and cotton tote bags that will make great ideas to inspire the attendees to go green in their lives.
Recycle
Collect paper and plastic items in separate bins so that it can be recycled without ending up in landfills. Recycled items like wooden pens, note pads and solar calculators will all make thoughtful tradeshow handouts that complement the Earth day theme. The little gestures and choices that you make in your everyday lives can leave a big impact on the environment.
Now See what you can do to make your office a bit greener
Go Paperless
Encourage digital communication within and outside the office to reduce the consumption of paper. Avoid unnecessary printing and when you print, try to make the most of the space on the page and use both sides of the paper. Used papers should be promptly recycled.
Save Energy
Turn off lights when not in use. Make use of solar energy wherever possible and save energy by unplugging electronics that are not in use. Solar chargers and solar powerbanks help save energy. Switch to reusable cups, water bottles and plates to reduce the carbon imprints and the trash generated. By providing a water cooler and reusable bottles, employees can be encouraged to fill their own tumblers instead of being dependent on bottled water throughout the day.
Every little effort counts as it can go a long way in reducing the carbon footprints. So, make sure that you have done your part on this Earth Day and make sure to stick to it forever. Explore our ecofriendly handouts for Earth Day and be part of this social cause.
