Simply Sustainable: How to Create a Green Home Office

MG2 Materials Manager Eleazar Juarez-Diaz, LEED Green Associate, spoke with Amber Katz of The Seattle Times on simple ways to design an eco-friendly home office.

“Using larger monitors, touch screens or tablets to review and edit documents can eliminate the need for printing,” he says. “If you must print, use an environmental and human health-friendly brand like the ones rated by The Good Shopping Guide and use FSC-certified printer paper. Additionally, be sure to recycle or reuse your printer cartridges, since most end up in landfills.”