Office Depot promotes green message

Office Depot environmental expert to speak at first-ever ‘Hollywood goes green’ summit

Summit spotlights how Hollywood can use its resources to promote environmental strategies for the corporate and entertainment industries  

Office Depot’s Environmental Strategy Advisor Yalmaz Siddiqui will be a featured speaker at iHollywood Forum’s inaugural Hollywood Goes Green Summit. Siddiqui will address the topic of creating a greener office as part of a panel on: “The Paperless Chase: Adopting Environmental Practices for Paper Distribution, Marketing and Printing.”

The summit will take place on December 11-12, 2007 from 9am to 5pm at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California. Siddiqui will speak on Wednesday, December 12 at 1pm. In his role at Office Depot, Siddiqui is responsible for guiding the company’s green strategy and initiatives as part of Office Depot’s overall vision to increasingly buy green, be green and sell green. 

“Creating a greener office is becoming increasingly attainable for today’s business professionals and consumers,” Siddiqui said. “Simple changes such as switching to recycled paper, printing on both sides of the page, recycling empty ink and toner cartridges, purchasing Energy Star-rated electronics and recycling old technology can make a big difference.”

In an effort to improve its own sustainability as well as that of its customers and suppliers, Office Depot has developed and implemented a number of “green” initiatives, including a Tech Recycling Service, Ink and Toner Cartridge Recycling Program, The Green Book of nearly 3,000 environmentally-preferable products, a Buy Green website and a wide-assortment of products containing a range of attributes. 

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