May 2008 RDU online (pdf) - Rotary Down Under

Photo: Mark Wallace
The Green Office Project offers business and home users, Australian-made, remanufactured cartridges that will reduce
printing costs by up to 40 per cent with no quality compromise.
GO GREEN, save money and
help the needy
Just imagine if you could save money,
reduce the environmental impact of your
business and at the same time provide funds
for worthy causes. Being green would be a
very attractive proposition.
The Rotary Club of Thornleigh, NSW,
has come up with an innovative way of
achieving all the above and they call it “The
Green Office Project”.
The Green Office Project has the potential
to help protect the environment, reduce
costs for businesses, maintain Australian
employment, and provide a sustainable
stream of funding for Rotary projects.
The Rotary Club of Thornleigh has
mapped out a plan to promote a range of
products which will enable many office
consumables often thrown away to be
reused. Adopting the policy of Reuse
before Recycling, the Green Office Project
offers business and home users, Australianmade,
remanufactured cartridges that will
reduce printing costs by up to 40 per cent
with no quality compromise.
Environmental damage caused by
landfill is a real concern. Each year in
Australia more than18 million perfectly
reusable printer cartridges are crushed for
recycling or sent to landfill. Given that the
manufacture of each cartridge uses up to
three litres of oil and produces over 6kg of
greenhouse gas emissions, it is easy to see
how we can significantly reduce the damage
we are doing to our environment.
“It focuses on showing business and
individuals that there are considerable
benefits if the ‘single use and discard’
thinking is rejected and Reuse is adopted,”
said project coordinator Frank Dunne.
“The Green Office Project will achieve
its aims with the support of Rotary
clubs throughout Australia. Rotarians
can contribute to the success of the
project by using Green office products
or recommending them to their business
acquaintances and friends.”
All profits from the sale of the Green
Office products go directly to a special fund
for supporting worthy causes.
As Project Manager, the Rotary Club of
Thornleigh provides support materials to
help Clubs promote the program. Clubs
are also invited to contact Thornleigh to
arrange a guest speaker for one of The
Green Office Project members to present
details of this project to the club.
For further information contact:
greenofficeproject@rotarythornleigh.com
Aiden Mullen
Rotary Club of Thornleigh, NSW ■
Our Environment
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