This section contains ideas for reducing waste in business office, production, shipping and lunch room areas, as well as in home offices and other areas of the home. Fortunately, businesses can easily implement measures that reduce waste at the source. The key is to reuse materials and to improve efficiency in order to eliminate unwarranted waste.
Source reduction is one area in which corporate goals and environmental goals clearly overlap.
Practicing solid waste source reduction will reduce raw material costs, reduce disposal costs, and enhance your corporate public image while conserving natural resources and protecting the environment. The Rhode Island Solid Waste Management Corporation has developed this list of ideas to guide you in thinking about how to reduce waste in your business. You may already be employing many of these measures, and we know that there are many others that are not listed here. We would like to hear from you. For a successful waste reduction program, top managers need to incorporate source reduction and recycling principles into the firm's corporate ethic.