Louise Farquhar

Nobody wants to be responsible for empty plastic bottles washing up on the beach; here are some quick wins to get your office on track.

1. Provide staff with handy water bottles and keep-warm mugs to discourage single-use plastics and disposable paper cups. 
2. Set up a proper recycling station for paper, card, glass, plastic, batteries and aluminium.
3. Use environmentally friendly cleaning products.
4. Replace all bulbs with low-energy models.
5. Ask staff to shut down computers fully when they leave the office.
6. Turn the heating down by 1 degree.
7. Only use recycled paper and collect scrap for note-taking.
8. Set printers to double-sided as standard. 
9. Hold meetings online wherever possible, to reduce travel.
10. Introduce a car-sharing scheme