Plastic waste is a serious environmental problem. Five million tons of plastic are used each year, nearly half of them is plastic packaging. Reducing the amount of plastic used in your workplace can have many benefits for the environment and help you build a more sustainable business. Here are some ways to reduce plastic use in the workplace.
1. Conducting a plastics audit
Before developing a strategy to reduce plastic waste, you need to conduct an audit to determine how much plastic is used in your workplace and how these plastic wastes are disposed. Once you have identified the biggest sources of plastic, you can start thinking about how to reduce it.
2. Stop using single-use plastics
There is no doubt that the single-use plastics will be the most component of the plastic wastes at your workplace. When you order food or by the take-away food, the packages are normally single-use plastics. Please try your best to stop using the single-use plastics, make your lunch at home or use the lunchboxes to bring your food which will be good for your health and the environment.
3. Promote plastic recycling
It’s always a hard work when you decide to do one thing on your own, and the power of one people may be tiny but if there are a lot of people to achieve the same goal, it will be much easier. The same as plastic recycling, call on your colleagues to cut your plastic wastes at your workplace and start plastic recycling with you.
4. Get a plastic recycling baler in your workplace
We SKBALER are dedicated to help everyone reducing their waste. Our plastic balers can compress plastic waste, making it easier to store and recycle, as well as facilitate collection. Overhauling your waste management processes can complement your efforts to reduce plastics and help you see a big difference in the amount of waste you produce.
