Education
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Guidance for the education sector
Change sectorWelcome to our workplace Recycling Guide!
In this guide, we’ll take you through five steps to implementing recycling in your educational setting, site or organisation – below is an outline of what we’ll be explaining. It doesn’t matter what organisation you work in, if your organisation is new to recycling, work your way through from Step 1. If you’re after advice on a particular stage, click the links below to jump to the relevant section.
The tips in this step-by-step guide will help you to:
Optimise: get the most from your current waste collection service
Plan: design a recycling system that works for your organisation and employees
Reduce costs: recycling is often cheaper than disposal!
Get compliant: ensure your organisation is complying with current waste regulations
Content overview
About our Education sector Recycling Guide
There’s plenty of information already out there to help you manage these other waste streams.
Why your educational establishment should recycle
There are many benefits of recycling for organisations and other non-household premises.
Planning your recycling needs
If you’re completely new to workplace recycling, this step will help you work out what waste your organisation generates and what you might need from a recycling service.
Calculating the cost of your business waste
If you’ve completed the waste audit as covered in Step 2, you’ll have collected detailed information about the amount and type of waste your educational setting produces. You can now use the business waste calculator to estimate the amount of waste collected from your organisation and receive suggested changes that could help your organisation recycle more and save money.
Setting up recycling for your educational establishment
f you’ve carried out a waste audit and used the business waste calculator, you should now have a better understanding of the types of waste your organisation generates and options to recycle more. You’ve hopefully also created a waste action plan, and now it’s time to put it into action!
Monitoring your recycling service
Once you have your recycling set up and you’ve got your staff and students on board, it’s worth regularly monitoring and reviewing how it’s going. By doing so, you can share successes with your staff, students and visitors and look out for opportunities to improve.