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Greenstar Recycling’s Top 10 Ways to Increase Employee Engagement in Recycling Efforts
The key to any successful business recycling program is employee participation. It may be difficult to foster engagement and participation, but we can help! Here are Greenstar’s top 10 ways to increase employee buy-in and take your business recycling program to the next level.
1. Communicate Clear Objectives-Clearly state the purpose of new efforts and highlight the expected positive effects (cost savings, environmental impact, convenience, etc.)
2. Educate Employees on their Role-Change is difficult. To minimize growing pain, educate employees on how they fit into new programs. Each employee should have a defined role. The resulting sense of ownership will increase buy-in and participation.
3. Find a Champion-Recruit an employee to champion the cause within the company and have them work with others on a green team. It is best to have the green team report goals and results to their peers and leadership to grow the momentum and increase buy-in from all levels.
4. Set Tangible Goals-To maximize participation, set company-wide or departmental goals. Competitions can create a fun atmosphere and positive buzz about the new initiatives.
5. Monitor Progress-Routinely display company progress toward posted goals. Before starting the program, have your recycler conduct a waste audit to serve as a baseline for future comparisons.
6. Make it Convenient-Place bins in high traffic areas near office trash cans. This will create opportunities for action without adding steps to existing routines and processes. Also, the addition of desk side bins gives everyone the opportunity to participate.
7. Incentivize-Companies often provide budgetary, sales, and performance incentives. Why not do the same for recycling? Potential savings from recycling programs could offset this cost.
8. Take the Extra Step-Ask your provider to educate employees on the recycling process through literature, presentations, or even recycling facility tours. By understanding the steps in the process, employees will feel more invested in the success of the program.
9. Purchase Recycled-Products made from recycled materials are plentiful and can provide a full-circle view of the recycling process for employees.
10. Maximize Your Program – Ensure all that can be recycled is being recycled to meet your overall diversion and cost reduction goals. Consult your recycling rep in order to identify new items that can increase the volume (and cost savings) within your recycling program.
As a leader in single stream recycling, our advanced capabilities provide both our municipal and commercial recycling partners the convenience of being able to place all of their recyclables into a single container, which will then be sorted and processed at our facility. In addition to eliminating your time spent separating commodities, it also reduces the cost of collection overall.
The success of recycling is largely dependent on what the recovered commodities become. After weve finished collecting, sorting and processing, we can begin the upgrading of recyclables. This practice sustains the life of raw materials by using them as feedstock for an entirely new product, market or application. Recovered glass, for instance, can be upgraded, repurposed and sold for use as reflective glass bead highway markings.
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About the Author: Greenstar is one of America’s recycling leaders providing sustainable recycling solutions in the recycle processing, commodity upgrading, managed services and commodity trading sectors of the solid waste market. Greenstar launched its North American operations in 2007.
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