| As the environment becomes an ever more | | | | environment. |
| important global concern, more and more people | | | | To encourage recycling in the workplace, first of |
| are learning about the little things that we can do | | | | all, the recycling bins must be easily accessible to |
| to save our planet. One of the prime initiatives | | | | all workers, in a conspicuous area. The breakroom |
| currently being undertaken by the eco-friendly is | | | | is a good place to position a recycle bin, as plenty |
| recycling, an excellent practice that conserves | | | | of recyclable waste is tossed away there, |
| energy and natural resources, and reduces the | | | | anyway, and the breakroom is one of the areas |
| amount of waste that we generate at the same | | | | frequented daily by employees. Transitional areas |
| time. Paper, aluminum and plastic products are all | | | | between office spaces or cubicles are also ideal, |
| capable of being recycled instead of adding to the | | | | so employees don't have to disturb their |
| mountains of garbage that have accumulated | | | | colleagues when segregating and properly dumping |
| over the decades, and their successful | | | | their waste in the appropriate bins. |
| re-processing is key to seeing some reversal in | | | | Secondly, people have to be made aware, |
| the downward spiral that is the ecological state of | | | | constantly, that the office has a recycling policy, |
| the world. Consequently, it's a good thing that we | | | | and that the bins are there to be utilized. |
| are beginning to abandon our old notions about | | | | Recycling bin signs are a cheap but effective |
| the earth's resources being there forever to | | | | method of reminding people to participate in the |
| exploit, and are looking instead to do something | | | | recycling program, as they provide a constant |
| positive in the name of conservation. | | | | form of suggestion that all but the most ignorant |
| The average workplace is one of the important | | | | or stubborn of workers will eventually absorb. |
| arenas for this change of attitude, as offices | | | | Research conducted on green workplace signs |
| generate a lot of the waste material that makes | | | | demonstrates for a fact that a recycling bin sign |
| its way into landfills and trash dumps. Old | | | | can increase compliance with recycling among |
| documents, excess printouts, disposable beverage | | | | workers by up to 54 percent, as opposed to just |
| bottles and soda cans are all part of collective | | | | leaving them to their own devices. |
| workplace waste. The fact of the matter is, | | | | Lastly, it helps to send out the occasional memo |
| however, that they don't have to be, if | | | | by e-mail explaining why recycling is necessary, to |
| employees would just learn about how important | | | | give people awareness as to why the policy |
| it is to recycle, and take active part in a | | | | exists in the first place. Between being informed, |
| workplace recycling policy. Surely, once people | | | | receiving daily reinforcement from recycling bin |
| understand the good that they can do simply by | | | | signs, and having easy access to recycle bins, the |
| engaging in recycling, they won't be reluctant to | | | | massive volume of reckless wastage produced |
| do their little bit to promote the well-being of our | | | | by workplaces will soon be a thing of the past. |