{"id":18619,"date":"2015-05-01T10:47:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T14:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=18619"},"modified":"2015-05-01T16:38:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T20:38:13","slug":"the-waste-biz-keep-america-beautiful-releases-workplace-recycling-survey-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/the-waste-biz-keep-america-beautiful-releases-workplace-recycling-survey-results\/","title":{"rendered":"The Waste Biz: Keep America Beautiful Releases Workplace Recycling Study Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/recycling-at-work.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18620\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/recycling-at-work.jpg\" alt=\"keep america beautiful releases recycling at work study\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/recycling-at-work.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/recycling-at-work-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like everything else in a business setting, measuring workplace recycling efforts and challenges ensures that they will be better managed. So non-profit Keep America Beautiful has released the first wave of data and findings from its <a href=\"http:\/\/recyclingatwork.org\/\">&#8220;Recycling at Work&#8221; study<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As you might imagine, office recycling practices aren&#8217;t that different from what happens at home:\u00a0materials often end up in the wrong bin\/container, and <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2015\/03\/the-waste-biz-apple-will-now-accept-any-old-cell-phones-for-recycling\/\">convenience makes a real difference<\/a>. Over the six months of the study, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/keep-america-beautiful-announces-results-of-recycling-at-work-research-study-300073351.html\">researchers found<\/a> that<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paper has the highest rates of office recycling, but it&#8217;s still present in trash cans in 50% of offices;<\/li>\n<li>Beverage containers &#8211; both plastic and aluminum &#8211; end up in both trash cans and recycling bins in about equal amounts; and<\/li>\n<li>Paper towels often end up in recycling bins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Obviously, there&#8217;s room for improvement. The study claims that convenience makes a real difference: a deskside recycling bin with a smaller trash can improved the quality of recyclables by as much as 20% in some settings. Additionally, well-placed and formatted signage also improved the quality of recycled materials.<\/p>\n<p>How does your workplace encourage and manage recycling practices? Share your practices and experience with us in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>via <em>Waste Dive<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In other waste biz news:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Event flowers find a second life: <\/strong>Ever wonder what happens to those gorgeous floral centerpieces at wedding receptions, charity balls, or other events? In most cases, they get tossed, but Boston-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebloomit.com\/\">Rebloom<\/a> recognized that most of these flowers still look great&#8230; so they <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/life\/2015\/04\/29\/flowers-get-second-life-reduce-reuse-recycle-and-rebloom\/7iZFYHUzsUvEPto5sTgwEL\/story.html\">collect them and resell them<\/a> to offices and other spaces that want floral arrangements at a discount. They also donate a portion of revenues to charities chosen by customers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taking a stand for ugly vegetables:<\/strong> Grocery customers expect their produce to have a certain look; those fruits and vegetables <a href=\"http:\/\/eatdrinkbetter.com\/2015\/04\/07\/ugly-fruit-misshapen-vegetables-heroes\/\">that don&#8217;t make the cut<\/a> often get tossed. Washington, D.C.-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.misfitjuicery.co\/\">MISFIT Juicery<\/a> takes that ugly produce, and <a href=\"http:\/\/wtop.com\/food\/2015\/05\/local-business-fights-produce-prejudice-reduces-food-waste-one-sip-at-a-time\/\">makes juice out of it<\/a>&#8230; while also trying to address issues of food waste and beauty.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/pic-230258941\/stock-photo-office-table-with-recycling-concept.html?src=q4ASGqcL__LgFzPUXCq6vw-1-6\">Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How well do American offices and workplaces recycled materials? 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