Education and awareness of recycling schemes

Recycling schemes can sometimes succeed with little attention but more often than not, staff and students have to be helped by being reminded of the importance of recycling. It is also important to ensure that people are provided with up-to-date information to help them contribute to the various schemes.

Arrange a programme of events that will help to raise awareness of your recycling schemes. Specifically this should include an induction for both new and existing students and staff and may tie in to broader environmental and sustainability issues.
For further information about training and education refer to Structured Approach
Use posters and publicise your initiatives in the student and staff press as well as over the institution’s intranet.

Posters can be obtained from recyclers such as ALUPRO or down loaded from the web. Additional information and free publicity material can be obtained from Recycle Now
Other useful sources of information and publicity material are local authority recycling officers, Local Agenda 21 officers and Friends of the Earth.
Develop and publicise a web page with basic useful information on where and how to reuse/recycle.

Good examples are Leeds Metropolitan University and Oxford Brookes University.
Develop incentives for staff and students to participate in recycling and for them to suggest ways to increase the amount recycled. Prizes, cash or goods, could come from the income generated by the sale of recycled materials or donated by local companies or suppliers.

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