As a leader in sustainability efforts in your office, you have already pulled together a recycling program and benchmarked current recycling and waste output. Now it is time to Reduce, Recycle and Reuse. In order to move the needle effectively on waste reduction, you need the support and participation of everyone in the organization. How best to educate the team about your program? We will hear from successful office recycling champions as they discuss the following:

• What are the most effective tactics for educating employees on recycling, composting (if applicable) and general waste reduction?
• Is signage a useful method for coaching staff on what to recycle or compost and where? What signage works best and where is it displayed?
• Which strategies for reinforcement have been effective toward program implementation? How are they best executed?
• How successful are more creative tactics like interdepartmental competition? What are some other examples of inventive methods for boosting adoption?
• What is the best way to help build new habits around more operational activities such as avoiding unnecessary printing and copying and printing all documents double sided?
• What can be done in the case of slow or overt resistance to program adoption?
• Is it appropriate to encourage behavior modification around recycling and waste reduction for employees outside of the office, i.e. at home?
• How often should the program be revisited and results shared with the team(s)?
• Have similar measures around water and energy conservation been successfully implemented in tandem with recycling and waste reduction?

Speakers:
GreenNurture, Derrick Mains, CEO/Founder
Recycle Away, Michael Alexander, President
San Francisco Department of the Environment, Alex Dmitriew, Commercial Recycling Assistant Coordinator

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Please contact jennifer.jackson@agrion.org for any further questions.