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We are committed to improving our environment.
We have aggressively grown this range of products over the last five years and it now is approaching close to a thousand items. One of the main selection criteria for a new product in this catalogue was its environmental benefit. Check out page 8 & 9 of our current catalogue for our EPP product directory.

BASICS’ GREEN INITIATIVES

NATIONALLY

This is the third year that our catalogue cover has been printed on stock from Sustainable Forestry Management certified companies. This year, the inside pages are also FSC certified stock containing 10% post-consumer recycled material.

Since April of 2008, all Basics flyers have been printed on paper containing a minimum of 30% post consumer content, processed without elemental chlorine.

Early in 2007, we made a commitment to focus promotional activity on business machines that were Energy Star certified.

EPP

LOCALLY

All of our dealers from coast to coast offer:

  • Toner cartridge pickup and recycling programs
  • Have set up internal paper (both sheet and cardboard) recycling and reuse programs
  • Now have gas reduction programs in place for their delivery truck fleets

OUR VENDOR COMMUNITY

We encourage our manufacturers to develop environmentally responsible products, to ensure that these products have reduced packaging and to create efficient manufacturing processes. By supporting the environmental products seen on the following page spread and marked throughout the catalogue with our EPP flag, you can show our manufacturers how important these factors are in making your buying decisions.Call2Recycle

What can you do?

  • Choose environmentally friendly and energy efficient products
  • Bring us you're your old batteries and used cell phones and we’ll recycle them!
  • Choose recyclable products that meet your needs
  • Choose products that contain Post Consumer Waste

Together, we CAN make a difference.

Recyclable (recyclable)

RecyclableRefers to such products as paper, glass, plastic, used oil and metals that can be reprocessed instead of being disposed of as waste.

Post-Consumer Waste (PCW)

post consumer wasteMaterial or item generated by households and commercial and institutional facilities, which has served it's intended purpose and can no longer be used by the generator.

For more information, please see our Press Release or the Call2Recycle flyer.

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