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Here at The Office Gal we love products. Neat products, weird products - but all are products that will help our office out a bit better. What else do we love - free products - but we don’t get many of those, so we settle for inexpensive.

Well, an item that is inexpensive, takes up no space, uses only man-power, and is a priceless necessity in the office, that item would be Shredder Scissors. Yes, scissors that will shred all of the important items and a fraction of a cost to electric shredders. With five blades, anything can be shredded, even those pesky credit cards.

Yes, it does take some manual power to use this shredder, but it is light-weight and quick to use. Stashed right there in your desk this is a smart alternative to to large bulky shredders when you really have no space for another office tool. Definitely a positive tool for the small home office or one person team.

The downside to using the Shredder Scissors is you will need to shred documents as you go or at least once per day. The plus side is that you won’t have pesky piles of paper accumulated in the corner. Plus, you won’t spend hours at a time trying to get everything shredded.

Remember, I said at a fraction of the cost of shredders? At around $8.00 the purchase price is about half the price of an inexpensive small electric shredder.

Time to go shopping! Take a peek here @ Solutions.com to pick you up a pair of scissors that shred!

Do you have an item that is perfect for the office - any size or type office? We would love to feature it at The Office Gal, just let us know!

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Simple thought. Easy enough to implement. From large corporations to a small one-person home office, we all makes waste. Soda cans for that 2 AM wake-me-up; our V-8 plastic bottle for our veggie fix sitting in front of the computer, all the way to the report that printed twice on the same side, waste is all around us, and it can be recycled. The most you need to do, walk to the container and toss it in.

Some great recycling containers are offered through Design Within Reach . Soft, reusable bags are waterproof - great for those soda cans - and are easily washed out. The set of 4 bags are color coded for quick recognition, as well as give you printable reference tags that can be placed in the front plastic windows on each bag. Another great feature is all four bags have Velcro tabs that can keep the bags secure to each other and in place.

The set of four recycling totes is quite inexpensive at $22.00. Think about it? This small amount of money will help keep your recyclables out of landfills that will most likely never be broken down. This helps to create a cleaner Earth now and for future use.

Now, for transporting your recyclable. For a home-office you might be offered recycling pick-up by your local waste company (regular trash). Call your local waste company or review on your city’s web site for information on their recycling program. Small branch offices to larger companies will most likely have to haul their recyclables to the local recycling center for drop off. However, pick-up might be offered depending on the amount you recycle each week, bi-weekly, or month. Speak with a representative.

Don’t forget! Recycling paper is great, but be smart and shred your information. Even if you don’t think it is pertinent, shred it. A convenient size shredder is perfect for the one-man team to a small office and can be purchased at any supply store. For mid-size to large offices, a mobile shredding service might be the right option.

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Clipboards are a great, useful addition to your office tools. Always at the ready, your clipboard can act as a mobile desk when you need to walk the floor, take inventory, or just need a hard surface to write on.

You can find these cool tools at Etsy.com through Debby Arem Designs. Offered in mini, which is perfect for small note pads, like our lovely can’t-live-without sticky notes; medium, which fit our typical note pads and notebook paper; and large, which can easily fit a legal pad. These cool boards not only look very office-stylish, they are helping out our environment since they are built with recycled circuit boards.

Debby Arem definitely has creativeness within her to create not only a great product, but to use recycled resources to build her idea. I am definitely getting me some of the minis, those are an awesome tid bit to have in the office, plus my daughter will love them.

Stop by Debby’s shop and pick you up a great office tool!

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