uch potatoes: each recycled beer can saves enough electricity to run a television for three hours.\”
~ Denis Hayes, American Environmental Activist

Monitor

To monitor the progress, the managers were to check the bins throughout their shift and be vigilant of recycling procedures. At the end of each shift they were to write down how many bags of each category were put into the recycling cadge and if any were thought to be contaminated with anything other than the product they were meant for. This was then viewed each week to see how we compared each week and to look at any trends within the team. The results were then cascaded through the team by the communication boards and pre-shift briefings.

Period 9

The results were very pleasing and the staff had excelled themselves. It was found in week 1 that the general waste had gone down dramatically, there was only 2 bags across the week that had been mixed with different materials and the total number of bags sent back for recycling was approximately 5 more than normal. Week 2 the results dipped and we found more bags being contaminated, one member of staff had come to me with a suggestion of: why not have a recycler of the week and maybe give them a chocolate bar or something to keep the motivation going throughout the month. This was a great idea and I began this straight away. I spoke with the management team and asked who they through has made the most effort, they couldn’t really comment so I gave it to the girl who came to me with the suggestion in the first place and also awarded her with a £10 voucher for new look for the suggestion. She was of course over the moon and it boosted the spirits and completion throughout the team as everyone now wanted to come up with an idea and grab themselves a free voucher, Week 3 I was astonished with what I saw, I could have dropped another general waste collection it was that good. There were still a few bags that were contaminated but only one of these had to be put into general waste the others were easily fixed. The managers came to me with their recycler of the week suggestions and it was awarded to one of our new associates. Week 4 Followed much the same as week 3 and myself and the team were very positive about the result for the period. The tracker came out and we had managed a grand total of 100% of our recycling. The whole team were in high spirits and very proud of themselves.

Period 10

Continued on very well and much the same as period 9. They were awarded their basket of goodies for achieving and exceeding the target. staff remained focused throughout the period, the communication and the recycler of the week helped keep them going and with a free meal looming and most of my staff being students this was a welcomed prize. The tracker came out and again we had managed to achieve 100% of our recycling.

Period 11

the prize of a free meal was awarded for achieving and exceeding the target in P10, focus remained high however we did find more bags being contaminated with general waste and were therefore binned the first few weeks which was disappointing, however all was not lost the team were still doing great and came up with another fantastic idea to recycle. Th