Have an eco-friendly Halloween!

We’re speeding through October, and Halloween is just around the corner. Get your pumpkins carved, your costumes sorted, and your sweet treats ready. Here we have a few tips on how to be conscious about your waste this Halloween.

Get creative with your costumes

Dressing up on Halloween can be great fun for all ages, and now is the time to get your creative hats on and think about your outfits. Whether you’re dressing up as a pirate, ghost, or even your favourite super hero, there are many ways you can make your Halloween eco-friendly. Reusing old costumes and swapping them between friends is a great way to avoid buying a new outfit each year. To take it one step further, why not try making your costume from things you already have around the house? From using the fabric of old clothes and rags, to creating props from your waste cardboard, there are many ways to give your waste a second life, Halloween style! For some spooky inspiration, view these great upcycling ideas here

Trick or treat?

Sweet treats are customary with trick or treating. If you are planning on giving out sweet treats this Halloween, why don’t you consider going plastic free? Rather than giving out sweets that are individually wrapped, opt for sweets that have less packaging, or even better, none at all! Keep your neighbours healthy and give out fruit as a healthy alternative – better for you and naturally wrapped by nature, win-win! 

Compost your carved pumpkins

Carving pumpkins is a Halloween must. Halloween is unfortunately known as The Festival of Food Waste. It is estimated that in the UK up to four million pumpkins are carved and displayed for Halloween. The edible flesh is usually discarded, ending up in landfill. According to the environmental charity Hubbub, pumpkin waste at Halloween equates to 360 million portions of pumpkin pie!  So once the fun is over and your pumpkins are looking a bit sad, make the most of them and compost them. Be sure to remove all candles and decorations before putting your pumpkins in your garden waste. For those with your own composting facilities, simply pop the pumpkins into your composting bin and reap the rewards of a nutrient rich soil for your garden! For more information about composting, click here. 

Happy Halloween!  

Launch of behaviour change programme at the University of Bristol encouraging employees to be the change.

This summer we launched our latest employee engagement programme, known as ‘Be The Change’, to employees at the University of Bristol.

Bristol is well known for its dedication to being an environmentally friendly city and in 2015 was awarded European Green Capital status. It is exciting to see the education sector demonstrate the same commitment to sustainability, as the University of Bristol has already made impressive steps to minimise its environmental impact.    

Through the provision of the ‘Be the Change’ programme via our specialist online platform and web app we’re helping the University continue to achieve improvements to sustainability. The aim is to encourage employees to take part in activities which tackle plastics, reduce carbon use and boost wellbeing both at home and at work. To incentivise these actions, members are awarded ‘Green Points’ for every positive step they take. The members receiving the highest number of ‘Green Points’ are eligible to win vouchers for local and national retailers and donations for their favourite charities. This gamification creates ongoing momentum in environmentally friendly behaviours, embedding sustainability and wellbeing at the core of University culture. 

‘Be the Change’ launched as a pilot to test the appetite for behaviour change among colleagues, and just over a month from launch we’ve already seen 530 members sign up and over 7,000 sustainable actions reported. The University of Bristol is the 8th UK University to launch the programme, joining Reading University, Bournemouth University, the University of Strathclyde, Chichester University, Swansea University, Anglia Ruskin University and the University of Winchester. Following the success of our other University programmes we have high hope for the future of the Be The Change! 

For some further information on the success of our behaviour change programmes, please get in touch at [email protected].

Green Rewards on the rise – Our top 5 highlights from 2017

Last year was a fantastic year for Green Rewards, with some truly outstanding achievements for our Jump programme. We’re proud to share our highlights from 2017 with you below, and look forward to the exciting opportunities 2018 will bring.

1.       Jump welcomes 3 new UniversitiesWe started 2017 with the launch of a Jump pilot at Bournemouth University to 450 employees. A year later, we are rolling out the programme to all 2,000 employees at the University and we’ve got 2 other new Universities also implementing the Jump programme. Following a successful 4 month pilot from Sept-Dec 2017, the University of Winchester will also roll out the Jump programme to all staff in January 2018. The University of Strathclyde has also joined our ranks, as the first Scottish university to launch Jump, with a pilot rolling out to 250 employees in February 2018. We’re thrilled by these new developments and look forward to seeing Jump expand in line with the increasing commitment in the academic sector to reducing carbon emissions, saving energy and incentivising employees to take part in wellbeing initiatives.

2.       RBS wins Bank of the Year In May 2017, Jump at RBS won Bank of the Year at the Better Society Awards– ahead of runners-up HSBC, Liberum, Barclays and Societe Generale for its achievements in reducing carbon and saving energy across the 1,700 workplaces where it has been implemented. Successes include generating a 5% average electricity reduction across active sites and saving 500,000 disposable cups. RBS expects to see savings of £3 million in 2017 in energy alone. 

3.       Jump records over 1 million positive actions In December 2017 we brought you the news that we’ve logged over a million positive actions! In total, we’ve logged 1,313,900 positive actions to date across all our client schemes, which has led to an average energy reduction of 8%, and an average of 307,590 km travelled sustainably. This impact data shows just how successful our programmes are at creating sustainable behaviour change. 

4.       Over 75,000 donated to charity 2017 was a big year for donations, with all of our members performing incredibly well and engaging with waste reduction, sustainability and wellbeing activities. Thanks to their positive actions we’ve managed to donate a whopping £75,182 to charity on their behalf! A big well done to everyone who has been taking part.

 5.       Jump programmes shortlisted for 6 Awards 2017 saw our Jump programmes receiving recognition for their work reducing carbon emissions, saving energy and improving wellbeing for employees. Also shortlisted for 6 Awards in 2017, including the BIFM Awards, the Better Society Awards, the Employee Benefits Awards, the Guardian University Awards, the Sustain Wales Awards and Edie’s Sustainability Leader’s Awards. It’s been a year of achievements and expansion for Jump and we look forward to seeing even more successes to come in 2018!

Swansea University’s Swell programme is shortlisted for Edie’s Sustainability Leaders Awards.

Our sustainability and wellbeing programme at Swansea University has been shortlisted as a finalist for the 2018 Edie Sustainability Leaders Awards, in the Engagement and Behaviour change category.

The Edie awards celebrate sustainability excellence and innovation and we are thrilled that Swansea University’s programme has been recognised for its positive impact and achievements at the university.

The programme, named SWell, uses an innovative online platform and app to motivate employees to take part in sustainability and wellbeing activities. Through team work, friendly competition and rewards for participating teams and individuals, these sustainable steps become embedded in the university culture.

Since its introduction at the university just over a year ago, the SWell programme has seen over 23,000 kg of CO2 saved from employees travelling sustainably, a 19% reduction in carbon intensity, over 105,000 miles travelled sustainably and over 45,000 positive actions logged.

We’re delighted the programme has been spotlighted for its success in reducing carbon emissions, saving energy and incentivise employees to take part in wellbeing initiatives and we look forward to the announcement of the winners at the awards ceremony dinner 24th January 2018.

Want to find out how we could encourage your staff to act more sustainably? Please get in touch at [email protected].

The hunt is on … For Warwickshire’s recycling champion of the year.

We’ve launched an exciting new contest for residents of Warwickshire County Council: Warwickshire’s Recycling Champion of the Year 2018. We’ve teamed up with Warwickshire Waste Partnership, to deliver the contest to residents in Warwickshire’s five districts and boroughs: Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon District, Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough, Rugby Borough and North Warwickshire Borough.  

The contest will engage residents in recycling more of their everyday household items and will be a fantastic opportunity to recognise and reward local recycling champions. There are plenty of prizes up for grabs for top recyclers, including a two night staycation in the luxury Lady Craven Suite at the Coombe Abbey hotel, provided by Shakespeare’s England. With online heats and a live final at the Market Hall Museum in Warwick, this looks set to be an exciting contest! To take part, residents will need to be signed up to the Slim Your Bin campaign, which we’ve been running with Warwickshire Waste Partnership in Warwickshire’s 5 districts and boroughs since November 2016. Anyone in Warwickshire can sign up for free by visiting www.warwickshire.slim-your-bin.com. Once signed up, residents can nominate themselves to take part in the contest by filling in a quick, online form at:  www.warwickshire.slim-your-bin.com/recyclingchamp. Nominations will close on November 30th this year and finalists will go head-to-head at a live final at the Market Hall Museum in Warwick next spring. 

Like many of our other Recycling Reward schemes, the Slim Your Bin campaign motivates residents to recycle by delivering an innovative online platform and communications campaign, helping residents learn how to recycle more and waste less and motivating them to ‘slim’ their bins. In keeping with our approach of using incentives and rewards to inspire behaviour change, the campaign rewards residents for recycling with individual prizes for top bin ‘dieters’ and community prizes for the communities that recycle the most. We’re really looking forward to seeing how the competition progresses and the impact is has on community recycling rates! 

Think you could run a competition like this in your area? Feel free to contact us by calling 020 7326 5055 or emailing [email protected] for more information.

Recycle Week 2017 is here!

RECYCLE WEEK 2017 IS HERE!

This week sees the launch of Recycle Week 2017. The annual UK-wide campaign is taking place all week from Monday 25 September to Sunday 1 October.

This year’s theme ‘Recycling – it’s worth it!’ will use online videos and infographics to show the public that making the effort to recycle is environmentally and economically worth the time and effort. The sub-theme ‘What goes around comes around’ will also be a core message being circulated in this week as part of the campaign, with videos featuring positive recycling feedback loops for everyday household items, from potatoes to shampoo bottles.  

 This year’s campaign will also raise awareness of items that can be recycled from all around the house, such as bathroom items which are often neglected. According to a recent Recycle Now poll, almost 90% of people claim to regularly recycle from the kitchen, but only 52% say they regularly recycle from the bathroom.   

What’s more, a consumer poll showed that many people did not believe the materials in their recycled items could come into circulation as a brand new item, such as a toothpaste box coming back as a sweet box. The campaign aims to emphasise the power of the circular economy and raise awareness of just how much of a difference simple steps to recycle as many household items as possible can make.

We’ll be sharing their message from our Jump Twitter Page this week and look forward to seeing all the support for the campaign! Here at Local Green Points we make recycling worth it for all members of our recycling rewards schemes. Our work with local councils motivates residents to recycle more and reduce contamination, through engaging communications and recycling door to door campaigns. We find rewards and incentives key to promoting ongoing behaviour change, so we reward members of our campaigns with points for every positive step they take – whether it’s preventing food waste, recycling more, using a Bring bank or reducing contamination. Residents work together to earn the most points and win prizes for their local community. 

Charities, Challenges & Recycling Champions – A summer update

It’s been a really busy summer for us here Jump (Local Green Points), with plenty of highlights to share with you –  including the launch of our Food Waste challenge, door to door campaigns, charity cheque presentations, and new partners we’re excited to start working with.Here’s a quick summary of what we’ve been up to over the past few months…

The Food Waste Challenge is live! 

Our Food Waste Challenge is well and truly launched! The London Borough of Havering and the Borough of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk are the first of our Local Green Points schemes to launch the innovative online platform, which asks residents to make pledges based on the five food waste ‘themes’ identified by WRAP and offers tools and guidance to help them cut down their food waste. The Food Waste Challenge will also be launching in the London Boroughs of Camden and Waltham Forest later this year, where we look forward to seeing more residents saving money by cutting down their household food waste. Keep an eye on our press page for all the updates. 

Local charities feel the benefits 

This summer we’ve been busy awarding donations to charities and community projects around the UK on behalf of members of our Jump (Local Green Points) schemes. As a reward for cutting down waste and increasing recycling, members can choose their favourite community project to receive donations on their behalf. Since May, we’ve awarded over £12,000 to charities in Hammersmith & FulhamWaltham ForestWarwickshireWest Norfolk and Hackney. For more details, visit our press page.   

Knock knock… 

Following a successful first year of West Norfolk Recycling Rewards, The Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk commissioned us to canvass 10,000 households across the Borough. Our Recycling Advisors spoke to residents about their recycling services and helped them sign up to the rewards scheme. We’ve also been busy working with Kingston Council to sign up residents to Kingston Recycling Rewards, as well as with Westminster City Council on a project to raise awareness about recycling and reduce contamination rates in the local area – and we’ve already recycling rates increase in the areas where doors were knocked. For more information about our door to door campaigns, have a look at our blog on how to run a successful door to door campaign

The hunt is on for Warwickshire Recycling Champion of the Year 

We’re working with Warwickshire Waste Partnership to launch an exciting new competition to Warwickshire residents: the Warwickshire Recycling Champion of the Year. With online heats and a live final at Market Hall Museum in Warwick, the competition is not to be missed! There are some exciting prizes up for grabs, including a two night staycation for two in the luxury Lady Craven Suite at the Coombe Abbey hotel, provided by Shakespeare’s England. To be in with a chance of winning, you’ll need to sign up to the ‘Slim Your Bin’ campaign at: www.warwickshire.slim-your-bin.com. It’s free to enter and open to all Warwickshire residents. 

Coming soon…Epping Forest Recycling Rewards! 

We’re thrilled to announce that this autumn we will be launching Epping Forest Recycling Rewards – our latest Jump scheme. We’ll be bringing you more details of the scheme in the next few months, so keep an eye out for the launch on our press page. It’s an exciting time ahead for us, with plenty to keep us on our toes! We look forward to keeping you posted 🙂

How to improve community recycling rates. Bradley’s guide to a successful door to door campaign.

Door to door campaigns are an excellent way to launch a recycling campaign and deliver key information to hard to reach target audiences. Here at Jump (Local Green Points) we are no stranger to door to door engagement campaigns, having canvassed over 600,000 households to date for our council clients. So what makes a door to door recycling campaign successful?

Our Community and Outreach Manager, Bradley, shares some of his top tips for running and managing a successful campaign:

1)      Determine your area 

A successful door to door campaign has a well-established target area and a well-planned strategy for reaching all households. Route-planning beforehand is therefore essential and makes the job a lot easier for your staff. Preventing your staff from walking around in circles and having to revisit the same areas again and again will be less time-consuming and more cost-effective for you! 

2.       Develop a clear succinct script 

The way your key campaign messages are communicated at the door has a big impact on how engaging your door to door campaign is. In order for a door to door campaign to be engaging, staff need to be able to deliver and stick to a clear and concise script, so residents leave the conversation having taken in and understood the message. So it’s worth really taking the time to develop a concise script with a clear message and making sure it is well-rehearsed by your door-to-door staff. 

3.       Use professional, well-trained staff 

Your staff are the first point of contact for your campaign, so it is vital to ensure that they are well-trained and maintain a professional appearance and demeanour at all times. Thorough training will save you any future headaches, as by ensuring that your staff are knowledgeable about all waste and recycling practises in the Borough they will be able to deliver succinct and accurate information on the doorstep and answer any residents’ questions. Putting in the extra hours training your staff will really pay off when you have high levels of engagement in your project. 

4.       Feedback your data 

Key to an effective door to door campaign is regular progress reporting and feedback to clients. Here at Local Green Points we make sure to always maintain open communication channels with our council clients and feedback regular progress reports. With our recent door to door campaign for Westminster City Council, we were able to feedback excellent results, including a 2.39% drop in residual waste reported when comparing pre-door-to-door intervention and post-door-to-door intervention. From our data collected on the doorstep, we were also able to report that 96% of residents agreed that the doorstep conversations encouraged them to continue or start recycling. 

About Local Green points: 

Local Green Points are specialist providers of Recycling rewards schemes. We’re experts at engaging with communities to encourage residents to reduce, reuse and recycle. Our approach is innovative – combining web and app platforms, communications campaigns and face to face engagement to connect with our target audience. We regularly use door to door campaigns to roll out our recycling reward schemes across target areas, including hard to reach purpose-built flats, and they play a key role in motivating residents to recycle more and waste less.

What could a door to door campaign do for your residents? Get in touch with us on [email protected] to find out more.

The community reuse revolution – A look at the community organisations helping us save money and prevent waste.

A new house mate joined our flat last month, and among the belongings he brought with him was a Phillips sound system from the 70s. It had been his grandad’s, his dad’s and now it belongs to him – and it still works perfectly.

It got me thinking about the saying, ‘they don’t make ‘em like they used to!’ and maybe there’s some truth in that. Nowadays we only keep a mobile phone for 2 years until we discard it for an upgrade, we give up easily when a device runs slow or gets damaged and the average person buys 3 new gadgets every year.Is it really that surprising that electronic items are becoming the fastest growing waste stream in the UK? Over 1 million tonnes of our gadgets get binned every year. The problem with wasting electronic items is that they contain valuable metals as well as plastics and other materials. These can be recovered through the recycling process but only about 30% of our unwanted electricals get recycled. What’s even more important than recycling your unwanted electronics is reusing them, whether that means repairing a broken item to give it a new lease of life or sharing a working item you no longer need with others. A number of projects in London alone have inspired us to join our community in the reuse revolution. Keep reading to hear about some of our favourites! 

The Restart Project 

The Restart Project is a London Based charity working to prevent electronic waste by hosting events up and down the UK where they help people restart their gadgets. So far they’ve helped prevent 5284kg of electronic waste. By working with communities, schools and companies to provide hands-on learning events, the Restart Project aims to do more than just fix your broken electronics for you – their aim is to change our relationship with electronics for good, by challenging our throw-away economy and valuing our electronics longer. The ‘Restart Code’ includes some simple steps we can all take to help fix our relationship with electronics. For example – ‘when we have a problem we will not panic, we’ll check the warranty, get help and do what we can to repair our electronic device. When we solve our problem, we will share that knowledge!’ Head to their website to join 3520 people already signed up to live this way. Want to get involved? Check out one of the free ‘Restart Parties’ where you’ll be joined by skilled volunteers who can help you learn to fix your slow or broken devices.

The Library of Things 

Name two things a lot of Londoners wish they had more of… …space and money! A lot of people without the money to buy expensive tools or the space to store them could benefit from a local place where they can borrow items for a low price. That’s exactly what a Library of Things is for – it’s a place where you can borrow and share all sorts of things, like tools, kitchenware, gardening equipment and camping kit. And we think it’s a fantastic alternative to wasting money and valuable resources on brand new items that people in your community already own. The Library of Things does even more than it says on the tin, because they run 1-to-1 sessions and workshops to teach you how to use the tools you borrow and promote community engagement by hosting regular open nights. The one we know and love is located in West Norwood, South London, so check it out if you’re ever around. They promise to keep borrowing prices low, make you feel welcome and share tips on how to use things. In return, make sure you love and care for the items you’ve borrowed and bring them back on time. 

Local Green Points 

Here at Local Green Points we’re experts at engaging with communities to encourage residents to reduce, reuse and recycle. Our approach is innovative – combining web and app platforms, communications campaigns and face to face engagement to connect with our target audience. We find rewards and incentives key to promoting ongoing behaviour change, so we reward members of our campaigns with points for every positive step they take – whether it’s preventing food waste, recycling more, using a Bring bank or reducing contamination. Residents work together to earn the most points and win prizes for their local community. In the last month we’ve been in Warwickshire, Norfolk, and West London handing out prizes to some real recycling champions and great local causes. When it comes to electronics, we’re working with residents of 13 boroughs to encourage them to fix them up, donate them, reuse them or recycle them!

We’ve launched our new food waste challenge!

You breader believe it! The Food Waste challenge is launching and rolling out across three London Boroughs this month – Havering, Kingston and Waltham Forest. Now you might think “that’s a bit munch”, “wheat’s in it for me?”, “I don’t carrot all”, or “I donut want to get involved”, but we think it’s incredibly eggciting and we’re looking forward to seeing some fantastic results in food waste reduction.

But  – puns aside –  food waste is a chronic issue in the UK, with 1 in 3 of us throwing away a banana with a minor bruise or black mark on the skin and households throwing away 40% of the bagged salad they buy every year. WRAP estimates that 4.2 tonnes of perishable food is wasted or lost each year – that’s as much as £700 a family.

Most of this waste stems from our mind-set when it comes to food. While it’s tempting to blame supermarkets, research has shown that only 1% of all food waste comes from our supermarket and almost 7.3 tonnes comes from family households. So what can we do? Our Food Waste Challenge sets out to tackle just that: The Food Waste Challenge is our innovative new programme that will motivate members of our Jump (Local Green Points) schemes to reduce their household food waste. The dynamic challenge will engage members in smarter shopping habits, better portion control and using up leftovers, as well as participating in a food recycling service where that’s provided, by mixing an online platform, video content and targeted digital communications. Members will also receive rewards for cutting down their food waste, such as vouchers from popular high street brands including iTunes and M&S.

As with all our schemes, we know that by rewarding members for positive sustainable behaviours we can create long lasting behavioural change. At Jump (Local Green Points), we work with local councils to incentivise sustainability and wellbeing through rewarding residents involved in our schemes with individual and community prizes for wasting less and recycling more. Local Councils, such as Bexley, Kingston and Waltham Forest work with us to engage residents in better recycling practises. We are also experts at delivering door-to-door engagement campaigns to educate residents. 

So if you think you’re up to the challenge why not find out if the Food Waste Challenge is coming to an area near you!

Sick of soggy salad leaves? We’ve come up with a great alternative!

This week it emerged that UK consumers throw away 40% of the bagged salad they buy every year. That is 37,000 tonnes, the equivalent of 178million bags, going uneaten every year. Mind boggling figures.

But really when you think about it – this news is unsurprising. I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t lost many a salad bag to a soggy fate at the back of the fridge and ultimately the bin. Many of us have good intentions to eat salad with every meal, but end up wasting it instead.

It turns out there is a simple, delicious solution (that I have tried and tested myself) – make and store a massive salad that will stay fresh and crisp all week long. If you have a busy lifestyle and not much time for cooking, this 10 minute salad preparation will save you money and time preparing meals and make you much more likely to actually eat the salad.How to make a delicious salad that lasts all week  1.       Get the leaves out of the bagYes, I know it goes against all instincts, but the first tip is not to shove that bag of fresh salad at the back of the fridge. Instead, empty the whole packet into a big bowl and use as the base of your salad. 2.       Add your extrasThere are plenty of delicious salad recipes out there – but the idea here is to make a base salad that you can add to anything. So I tend to only add a few of my favourite staple salad vegetables – tomatoes, peppers, carrots and olives. Seeds and nuts are also delicious extras with amazing health benefits that will stay fresh in your salad all week. 3.       Store your saladThis is the crucial step – store your salad in an airtight container with a piece of paper kitchen towel. Sounds bizarre but this method has been tried and tested by salad enthusiasts and proves extremely effective. The paper towel absorbs excess moisture and keeps your salad fresh.  

4.       Use that salad however and whenever you wantI found when I used this method, my salad had all gone in three days and I had been able to actually get those difficult to eat greens in my diet! Once you have a base, you can add anything you want to it the next day – cooked meat, beans, lentils, avocados and salad dressing of your choice, or simply add it as a side dish to any meal. 

5.       Dispose of any waste properlyIf you do have any leftover salad or food waste make sure to dispose of it properly! Check with your local council if they provide food waste caddies and the correct caddy liners you should use with them. Alternatively you can compost your salad and a lot of other food waste. Check with your local council to see if they offer discounted compost bin through GetComposting and pick one up cheaply! Here at Local Green Points we run schemes on behalf of local councils and employers to incentivise residents to dispose of waste properly. Our Food Waste Challenge rewards residents for reducing the amount of food they throw away and encourages positive behaviour change. 

Find out more information about our recycling reward schemes here.

Rubbish recycling tips: Were you misinformed by the media this week about what you can and can’t recycle?

 This week, whisky lovers and cleaning fanatics were left questioning their shopping habits, from the news that the elaborate packaging on these products makes them are “a nightmare” to recycle. As well as cleaning spray bottles with a metal spring and whisky bottle packaging, Pringles tubes and Lucozade Sports bottles were singled out by The Recycling Association as “villains” of the recycling world.

This advice, however, was somewhat misleading. As several councils were quick to reply, items such as Lucozade bottles, Whisky bottles and cleaning spray bottles can actually be recycled.

 What’s more, we shouldn’t be aiming to demotivate people from engaging in sustainable behaviours. A video on the BBC’s website started with the line: “Did you know… that much of your recycling actually ends up as landfill?”. In fact, landfill is an extremely expensive way of dealing with non-recyclable materials that councils are keen to avoid. For example, Bexley Council avoids sending non-recyclable waste to landfill by sending items to be incinerated to produce Energy-From-Waste. Bexley has the highest recycling rates in London, with 54% of domestic waste being recycled, well above the national average of 44.9%. In a recent survey we carried out, 55% of people couldn’t identify what materials should be recycled. If we are really aiming to encourage sustainable practices at home and in the workplace then we should not be sending out mixed messages or misinformation. While it is important to emphasise the need to make packaging that is more sustainable, let’s not put people off recycling in the process. A brilliant alternative for non-recyclable items is to get creative with reuse. The BBC has suggested some great ways to reuse a Pringles can. At Local Green Points, we incentivise sustainability and wellbeing through rewarding residents involved in our scheme with individual and community prizes for wasting less and recycling more. Local Councils, such as Bexley and West Norfolk work with us to engage residents in better recycling practises. We are also experts at delivering door-to-door engagement campaigns to educate residents. 

So before you believe everything you read, check with your local council what items can and can’t be recycled. You might not need to ditch the whisky just yet…