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You’ve bought the office recycling bins and you’ve told staff about it in the company newsletter. Now you can sit back and reap the rewards of your recycling efforts. Or can you? How do you know what’s really working and what isn’t? Here’s how to track office recycling for best results.
Carry out a waste audit
Doing a waste audit should be the first step when you’re putting an office recycling plan in place. What do you throw away, why, and when? It’s only by knowing this that you’ll be able to work out whether your recycling efforts are paying off. It will also help you amend your plans if necessary. Get into the habit of monitoring and measuring your recycling waste regularly once you have a baseline to check how far you’ve come.
Analyse what’s working and what’s not
Once you’ve started to track office recycling, you should be able to see where there’s room for improvement. Take recycling bin locations for instance. We’re not exaggerating when we say that this can make or break your recycling initiative.
- Are your bins in a convenient location?
- Are they visible and easy to access?
- Does everyone know where they are?
- Do you have enough recycling bins?
For best results, you should locate recycling bins in waste hotspots. For example plastic and food waste bins in the canteen or staff room, and a paper bin in the photocopier room. Not sure where best to locate your recycling bins? Ask your staff!
Other things that can help improve recycling rates include:
- Fine-tuning your recycling collection frequency with your waste management company;
- Organising staff training on sustainability that includes the importance of recycling.
Track office recycling with regular checks
Tracking your office recycling initiative should be an ongoing process. You need to keep a close eye on what’s working and what isn’t so you can come up with another solution if you need to. Make sure your recycling bins/stations are kept clean and aesthetically pleasing so people want to use them.
Keep communicating
If you do make changes to your office recycling plans, make sure people know about it. The key to a successful office recycling programme is consistency and helping people get into good habits. If things change, change your posters, update signage, and make sure it’s reflected in all of your communications. Every person in the business should get the same message.
Make recycling fun
To get people to care about recycling at work, you have to make it fun. A great way to do that is by introducing recycling challenges. Before you roll your eyes, hear us out. What if you set a monthly recycling goal and awarded a prize or some other benefit to the team or individual that achieves it? A bit of friendly competition is very motivating and will encourage teams to track office recycling more closely.
So there you have it, our top tips on how you can track office recycling for success, and even have fun doing it. For more articles on all things recycling, check out the rest of our blog or take a look at specific articles including;
- Should My Office Get More or Larger Bins
- UK Recycling Statistics
- How to avoid a contaminated recycling bin
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