Archive for the ‘Green Tips & Products’ Category
Sunday, October 28th, 2012
Every dollar that you don’t spend on overhead drops directly to the bottom line of your financials at the end of each month. Some expenses – rent and malpractice insurance, for example – are more or less fixed. It’s your variable expenses that, when scrutinized and managed, can make a ...
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Monday, August 20th, 2012
With the exception of brief mentions related to specific blog topics, we don’t typically use this space to talk about our products. But today we’re deviating from that custom because we have a number of new items available that we think might be of interest to readers of Practice Essentials. ...
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
Every year in the U.S., more than 300 million used ink and toner cartridges from printers, copiers and fax machines are tossed into the trash, destined for a landfill. Because these cartridges are made of plastic, they require petroleum to produce and can take up to 1,000 years to decompose. ...
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Thursday, May 19th, 2011
When it comes to patient gowns, it’s pretty easy to argue either side of the “paper or cloth” question. Disposable gowns may be more convenient, but cloth is soft and cozy. Which is better for the environment? Do doctors and patients like one or the other better? It really comes ...
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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Even though the year is coming to an end, the degradable bags are not! As you may remember, last February I started an experiment with three of our degradable plastic bags. Being the skeptic, I wanted to see if these bags truly will degrade into brittle flakes, eventually disappearing right ...
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Not knowing what to expect, I went out on the roof today to check on Bag 3 in the degradable bag experiment. Last month, the bag had seen some significant changes. As soon as I tried to pick up the bag, it quickly tore under the weight of the catalogs ...
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