On Earth Day this year, we offered our clients, friends, and associates an opportunity to shred their documents at Amare Real Estate Services in Morgan Hill, CA while spreading the word about how everyone can positively impact the environment one way or another every day.
In a global sense, Earth Day is a great time to acknowledge all the lifestyle changes, legislation, and business policies that have contributed to saving the planet. It is also a call to all of us to continue to intentionally protect the environment in new and better ways.
Businesses are the largest generators of annual paper waste in the country, with a 126% usage increase over the past 20 years. This sounds discouraging, but there are three ways to turn this trend around by making incremental changes that will benefit your business, the environment, and everyone living in it:
Reduce the use of paper: Digitize documents and print only when necessary. Use both sides of the paper. By doing this, you will reduce:
• Paper use and paper waste
• Expense of paper, printer maintenance, and toner
• Risk of information being lost or stolen from physical documents
• Wasted time-sharing physical documents when digital documents can be shared more easily
• The amount of shredding required to protect your sensitive information
• The number of trees that need to be harvested for paper production
Recycle discarded paper: If you create enough paperwork to require the services of a shredding company, make sure that they recycle 100% of your shredded material. This can reduce 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space and 17 trees for every ton of shredded paper recycled. Recycling paper also saves energy and water and reduces greenhouse gases.
Reuse your shredded paper: In the hands of a reputable and responsible shredding company, the shredded paper that is recycled today becomes new products tomorrow, such as copy paper, paper towels, toilet paper, and more. When you deliberately purchase recycled items, you celebrate Earth Day.
At Amare, we are proud to be a green company that respects the environment and walks the walk by recycling paper and other waste, as well as conserving water, and electricity. It’s a way of living, with the ultimate goal of creating a tiny carbon footprint and creating a healthier planet for all of us!
About Amare Real Estate Services
With more than five decades of cumulative experience and training, the team at Amare Real Estate Services in Morgan Hill, CA consistently receives top reviews for its over-the-top customer service, follow-through, and professional approach. We play a major role in our clients’ lives and we take it seriously. But we also have fun and enjoy our lives by creating a family atmosphere with a positive vibe that’s truly contagious.
Sources: Earth Day website and www.calrecycle.ca.gov