Companies and efficiency: Dual-use example

There are lots of ways to make your money go farther.  You need to make the best of what you do, great, so the easiest way to economize is to find simple ways to reduce your effort and your resources.  One way is dual-use a resource. Here is a simple way to dual-use resources.

The example I will use here is half used water bottles. You can't walk down the street without seeing a water bottle with a little bit of water in it.  Some are full.  and what happens when people people pick them up?  People dump the water in a sink or in on the ground.   

Instead of dumping the water out into the sink - so it has to be processed by the local water treatment facilities - find a plant and dump the water in.  You paid for the water, and you need to feed your plants, so combine a simple need with an available resource that was about to be thrown away.

In larger offices, you can set up a funnel and an empty water jug to store the water of all employees in the building. It's that simple.  You could place the recycling bin right beside the plant water jug.  Now there's no excuses to avoid it.

• No extra resources.
• A small outlay for operations & maintenance ( a plastic funnel)
• Re-uses the plastic jugs that get cleaned by the water company anyway.
• Feeds thirsty plants - just make sure they're not plastic too!

A simple way to optimize operations is to find ways to dual use the same resources and save.  Simple ways like re-using water is not a gigantic savings, but instilling a simple way to achieve more will permeate other economization thinking.  And quench some thirsty plants.

That's tactical thinking at its best.