Sustainability at the Office: How to Encourage Your Employees to Recycle

In today’s world, you probably know that sustainability at the office is important. For example, it’s important to encourage employees to recycle whenever possible. Here are a few ways that you can help make recycling a more common practice in your office.

Educate Your Employees

Some people don’t recycle because they don’t really think about it and don’t realize just how important it is. By printing out materials with statistics about recycling, however, you can educate your employees and help encourage awareness. Once they realize just how important recycling really is, they might be more likely to take it seriously.

Make it Easy

Many people fail to recycle because it’s too difficult. It might be hard to find a recycling bin or the different bins might be a bit confusing. The best way to encourage your employees to recycle is by making it easy. Keep bins in various parts of the office, and make sure that they are well-labeled so that everyone knows which bin should be used for what.

Make it Competitive

People are naturally competitive. Consider starting a bit of friendly competition by setting recycling goals and having different departments compete with one another. Then, consider throwing an office party, offering a small perk (such as leaving early on Fridays for a month) or otherwise rewarding the employees who meet these goals.

As you can see, encouraging employees to recycle is easier than you probably think. If you follow these tips, you’re sure to see a difference in the amount of recycling that is done in your office.