Why Not Start A Recycling Scheme In Your Office?

People will think you're eco-cool!

One thing is for sure: we are not being very kind to our planet. When we are not cutting down rainforests and pumping oil into our seas, we are producing a ton of waste which could and should be recycled. There are lots of schemes and incentives currently to help people recycle at home; including multiple rubbish bins, recycling centres and special coloured boxes you put outside once a week. While there are schemes like this for businesses, they can be easily forgotten as motivated people come and go in an organisation. Now would be a great time to start a scheme in your office to help everyone recycle. After all, your co workers will appreciate your eco-mindedness and your bosses may appreciate it too, leading to potential back pats or even promotion.<br/><br/> So how do you set up your scheme?<br/><br/> Get Some Coloured Boxes<br/><br/> First things first: you need to tell people what to recycle. Get some nice big bins and label them with the types of material that you want people to put in them. Glass, plastic and paper is a good place to start. Once people know that there is somewhere to put their recyclables ( recycling point), they shouldn't find it too much trouble to sort them and pop them in.<br/><br/> Tell Everyone About It<br/><br/> Next thing is next: Tell people that there is somewhere to put their recyclables. Just idly dropping it in to conversation at the water cooler might get a couple of people to do it, but what would be better, would be to put up some posters. Either make one or buy one, but it should give people some information on why they should be recycling and what happens to their trash when it gets picked up. This will make them feel all warm and fuzzy inside and more likely to get in the habit of recycling.<br/><br/> Get People Involved<br/><br/> The best way to keep people involved is to give them information on what recycling will do for our planet. For example; if you look at the figures for house clearances in London you will see that for every rubbish clearance London sees, this saves countless mounds of plastic from being created every year and saves our planet from being inundated with more unnecessary junk than it can handle.<br/><br/> Next time you are thinking of doing something positive for the environment and want to get your office involved, why not consider starting your very own recycling scheme?<br/><br/><br/><br/>

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