To ensure your program will be successful, make sure you have support from management.
Present the importance of recycling and how it will be both beneficial and feasible for your company:
• Save money by avoiding disposal costs.
• Improve public image & corporate sustainability.
• Improve employee morale to ‘do the right thing’!
Recycling at work can contribute to your corporate sustainability goals and save you money, but before you start, it’s important to know the difference between recycling at home and recycling in the workplace.
Residential recycling typically consists of normal single stream items that can all go in one bin, but commercial recycling varies greatly from one organization to the next. From banks, to manufacturing plants, to hospital clinics, each organization generates different volumes and materials, which require different types of recycling programs.