Zero Waste Week Office Challenge
For your zero waste week, why not have some fun in the office and set some challenges to reduce waste.A week long challenge encourages people try things out. At the end of the week you can look at what people are happy to keep working on or developing. First of all what is waste? Well according to the 2008 Waste Framework Directive, Waste means any substance or object which the holder discards, intends […]
7 Tips to Improve Recycling at Work
Are you the person that is forever re-sorting the recycling at work and pulling coffee cups out of the paper stream? It can be easy to blame people for not doing the recycling ‘properly’ in the office but maybe there are some limitations with the set-up. Check out these tips: Why your bin system could be the problem 1. Remove the under-desk binAs humans we look for the easy option and the short cuts, so […]
How to do an Office Waste Audit
What’s in your bin? In order to understand what your biggest waste issues are, the first thing to do is a waste audit. This will let you know the volumes of items and what is in the wrong place e.g. coffee cups in the paper recycling. What you will need Gloves Paper and pen Table Tarpaulin or sheet Space A colleague or two to help A camera Steps to take First off, do […]