Recycling 101: Staff Education Made Easy

The Importance of Communication in Successful Recycling Programs

Once you have your recycling infrastructure set up for success, communication and education are powerful tools for changing individuals' behaviours and making them more conscious of their impact. Research shows that the amount and nature of information about recycling conveyed by organizations is more important to individual recycling behaviour than simply knowing whether or not a recycling program exists.

Introducing Recycling 101

That's where our Recycling 101 program comes in; a carefully curated collection of articles you can share with your team. Specifically, we will send a new article each month that you can share with your team. Sending them one-by-one will increase the likelihood of engagement, build a foundation of knowledge, and keep recycling and their habits front of mind. This helps them learn more about the foundations of recycling while demonstrating your organization is committed to making a difference. The impact of communications is even more powerful if it comes from management. They could be included in company newsletters, Slack messages, or CEO updates.

We'll even include a summary of the article that you can copy and paste into your chosen platform. This informational series is beneficial for anyone interested in building their foundation of recycling knowledge.

Recycling 101 Topics

Recycling 101 will cover:

• Why recycle
• Recycling terms glossary
• What do the plastic codes mean?
• Recycling myths
• Common mis-recycled items
• Contamination & wish-cycling
• The hierarchy of waste & zero waste
• Buy this, not that (supermarket swaps)
• The circular economy
• Hard to recycle items
• All things compost

This is just the start, and we will continue to add to keep your team up to date. Other topics you or your team are interested in? Send us a message; we'd love to hear them!