"Green" Organizing
"Green" Organizing is a growing trend developing in the professional organizing industry. And it's here to stay. Green Organizing is an environmentally-friendly approach to professional organizing emphasizing the principles of “reduce—re-use—recycle”. It encourages thinking about the social and environmental impact of your purchases, as well as the ethics of the companies you buy from.
Green Organizers promote:
- Using recycled and/or biodegradable products where possible and feasible
- Re-using products rather than buying new products
- Limiting the amount of unwanted items going to landfills by donating, free-cycling, selling and recycling as much as possible
- Purchasing organizing products from companies that adhere to environmentally sustainable manufacturing practices
- Limit the nature and volume of the products I consume and discard
- Purchase from Green product and service vendors.
- Teaching Green practices to my children.
- Set up effective and efficient recycling centers in my home.
- Find creative ways to store potentially useful items or give them away for future re-use instead of throwing them away.
- Purchase earth-friendly, second-hand, or locally-produced products where feasible.
- Follow Green disposal practices such as:
- Using recycling centers
- Finding individuals or organizations who need unusual items I need to get rid of
- Safely and legally disposing of toxic items.
- Share my knowledge of green organizing with others.
- Encourage vendors to offer more earth-friendly products.
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Ariane Benefit is a professional organizer, speaker, and author of the popular Neat Living Blog at http://www.NeatLiving.net which provides free organizing tips, home makeover photos and much more. Her mission is to inspire people to simplify, clear clutter, and organize so they can live a life they love! She provides simple practical organizing solutions for people who just want a neater, simpler, less stressful life – not a perfect one. She can be found on the web at http://www.neatliving.org
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