Whether at home or at work, this is the time of year to air out the closets and drawers and re-evaluate your stock.
 

• Remember to reuse as much as you can, then recycle. Manila folders can be turned every which way and reused with a new label.
  Remember to buy items that can be reused such as pens and engineering pencils.
   
• Watch the amount of emails you are printing. Can the same information be transferred to a WORD document and printed using less paper? The same goes for copying information from the WEB. A great deal of paper is wasted by just hitting the print button and when doing so, the information printed oftentimes is advertising and will be tossed in the recycle bin immediately. Use double-sided copying as your default!
   
• Send in the “GET OFF JUNK MAIL CARD” (contact me if you need one) and contact any of the catalog companies or businesses advertising for work-related courses and remove yourself from their lists. Ask for just one and send it around the office for review or interest.
   
• Use your bulletin boards for relaying important office information.
  Use a grease board for meeting agendas. Review the amount of information you are copying and distributing for meetings. Cut back whenever feasible.

• Give your extra stuff away on www.Freecycle.Org. It’s free to takers and givers!
   
• Give your extra stuff to any of the thrift-type stores such as the Salvation Army, Goodwill, St. Vincent’s DePaul, Last Chance Mercantile, et al.
   
• Have a garage sale! Great way to meet your neighbors and it’s fun!
   
• Buy quality, not quantity. Repair when you can.
   
• Take your electronic waste to the Monterey Regional Waste Management District in Marina, or Hope Services in Seaside.
   
• Recycle your motor oil. Receive a container and filter bag from your garbage hauler (Monterey: 831-372-7977, Spreckles, Gonzales, Greenfield, Soledad – same number as Monterey but different name “Tricities Disposal”, all other cities Waste Management:831-384-5000). Place full oil container and filter in bag on curb next to recycle bin on your service day.
   
• Send in the “GET OFF JUNK MAIL CARD” (contact me if you need one).
  Remember to recycle your household batteries and convert to rechargeable batteries. Rechargeables are Recyclable!