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| P2P Magazine | Spring 2017
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environment than others and wherever
possible you should opt for products that
will help protect the planet.
Greener products
Environmental impact is something the
team at Avery feels passionately about.
The office specialist has a range of eco-
friendly products including its stylish
desktop range, which is manufactured
from 100% post-consumer recycled
polystyrene and is 100% recyclable. It
includes everything from letter trays to
waste bins, so you can be more organised
and help the environment.
Choosing recycled paper products can
also have a big environmental benefit.
Avery has a range of addressing, parcel
and filing labels made from 100%
recycled chlorine-free paper. Both the
labels and packaging can be recycled
with normal office waste.
How to take part
If you’d like to get involved in Green
OfficeWeek, get in touch with Avery
by tweeting @UKAvery or sending a
message to
You can also find out more about the
week and create your own Green Office
Week promotional materials at
.
Be inspired by the next
generation and turn
your office green
Every year, Avery aims to do
something a little different, such as
last year’s Big Green Crowdsourced
Guide or an earlier Green Pledges
campaign. For 2017, Avery is getting
social and running all activity from its
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn
and YouTube channels.
It is asking office workers to
get involved and share their eco-
friendly initiatives using the hashtag
#greenoffice17. To encourage a good
response, Avery will be giving away spot
prizes to contributors who have had
an environmental impact in their own
workplace.
The next generation
To kick-start the week, Avery will launch
21 new videos, all packed with advice
from Primary School children. All the
ideas highlighted have been generated by
children and focus on eco-activities they
have read or learnt about at school. Each
tip can be watched in under 30 seconds,
demonstrating how little time it takes to
make a change and how large the impact
could be if everyone worked together.
Avery UK marketing director Fiona
Mills said: “As adults we often want to
make changes in our lives but sometimes
it takes another person making a
comment or request for us to take action.
Children learn about the environment
from a young age and we have been so
inspired learning ideas and tips from
the next generation. It’s their planet we
need to protect and we hope UK office
workers will take time to watch and share
the videos. Even if an office introduced
just a few of the ideas, we know that up
and down the country an environmental
impact would be being made during
Green OfficeWeek, and for the future.”
Top tips
To give a little taster of what’s to come
Avery has shared five tips that office
workers can start putting into practice
now.
1
You don’t always need to buy new
equipment for the office. Before you
buy something, think about whether
you may be able to get it second-hand
or whether it can be fixed. This prevents
unwanted items being thrown away.
2
Do you have paper coffee cups in
your office? It’s concerning how few
are recycled globally, so why not ask
everyone to bring in a mug that they
can re-use time and again.
3
Cleaning products are harmful for
the environment, so try to buy ones that
are non-toxic and biodegradable. If you
use a cleaning company, find out what
products they are using and ask them to
try eco-friendly alternatives.
4
Keep your mailing lists up-to-date.
This avoids sending out incorrectly
addressed mailings that get lost or just
thrown in the bin.
5
Before you buy products do research
on what eco-friendly options there
are. Some products are better for the
Have you heard the phrase ‘it takes 21 days to break a habit’?
Bad habits are harder to break than they are to make, but this
is just what Avery is asking office workers to do for this year’s
Green OfficeWeek, taking place on May 8-13.
GREEN OFFICE
Do you have
paper coffee
cups in your
office?
It’s concerning
how few are
recycled
