Recycled paper, eco-friendly print shops, refillable office supplies and durable printers.
Recycled paper with the Blue Angel or the EU Ecolabel works in ordinary printers and copiers. Printing on both sides, and only what you need, cuts the paper used by half or more.
The Blauer Engel (Blue Angel) is the German government’s eco-label, introduced in February 1978. It marks products and services that do less harm to the environment than others of the same kind…
Alternative to fresh-fibre paper and office products with vague “eco” claims
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LibreOffice is a free, open-source office suite with a word processor (Writer), a spreadsheet (Calc), presentations (Impress), drawing (Draw), a database (Base) and a formula editor (Math). It…
Alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Docs, with their subscriptions and data collection
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memo is a German mail-order company that sells more than 20,000 products for the office, home and everyday life chosen for their sustainability, and ships them in a reusable box at no extra charge…
Alternative to Lyreco, Amazon and other big office-supply sellers
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Adopte un bureau is a French company that buys used office furniture from businesses, refurbishes it in its workshops in Antony and Albi and resells it, with a 24-month warranty, at much lower prices…
Alternative to buying new office furniture
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dieUmweltDruckerei is a German online print shop that prints flyers, business cards, brochures, posters, calendars and labels on 100 % recycled paper, much of it with the Blauer Engel label, using…
Alternative to online print shops printing on virgin-fibre paper
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The Initiative Pro Recyclingpapier is a German alliance of companies that promotes office and printing paper with the Blauer Engel, made from 100 % waste paper, and runs the Papieratlas, a yearly…
Alternative to virgin-fibre office paper
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Imprim’Vert is a French environmental label for print shops, created in 1998, which nearly 2,000 production sites hold; it checks how they dispose of hazardous waste, store dangerous liquids, replace…
Alternative to print shops with no environmental commitment
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Greener office and printing
Electronics and home appliances
Digital services, software and devices
Shopping: online, marketplaces and local shops
Household and personal care
Furniture and furnishing
Second-hand, swapping, lending and sharing
Waste, recycling and zero waste
Work and cooperative economy