Camden recycling rewards motivates residents to recycle 10% more than last year.
Thanks to our Local Green Points scheme, Camden Recycling Rewards,residents in the London Borough of Camden are recycling 10% more of their household items that they did last year. Since its launch in October 2016, the scheme has been rewarding residents in the London Borough of Camden for recycling more and producing less household waste. Residents […]
Wellbeing in the workplace: How to make your employees feel happier and more fulfilled
This week we’re proud to be supporting world Mental Health Day! We spend an average of 8.8 hours a day at work – for many of us it’s much more than that – so it’s extremely important to think about how we can improve employee mental health and wellbeing in the office. It may seem like […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jump & RBS co-present an innovation gateway case study at RWM Conference
Last week Michael Lynch from RBS and Graham Simmonds from the Jump team presented the Jump Employee Engagement Programme as a case study at the 2017 Recycling and Waste Management conference. This year’s event was hosted in partnership with CIWM, at the NEC in Birmingham. The conference provided a platform for discussions and opportunities for […]
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 […]
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 […]
Are we on the way to Armageddon? What Earth Overshoot Day means for mankind.
Last week you might have spotted a few articles on Earth Overshoot Day, or noticed the hashtag #movethedate trending on Twitter. So what’s it all about? Well it’s not quite Armageddon, but brace yourself for some hard-hitting statistics Earth Overshoot Day is the day that our global population consumes more ecological resources and services than nature can regenerate. This […]
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 […]
The war on plastics – how can you tackle plastic overuse in your workplace?
Here’s an interesting, if slightly depressing fact: Every bit of plastic ever made still exists today. It’s a material that is made to last, but the majority of products made with plastic are only used once and then tossed in the bin without further thought. This consume, waste, replace culture is doing serious damage to […]
Wasting clothes is out of fashion. Why more of us are recycling textiles.
The nation’s habits are changing! WRAP’s new report, Valuing our Clothes: The Cost of UK Fashion shows that as a country we are now putting less clothing and textiles into residual waste, and finding ways to re-use and recycle textiles instead. The report revealed that since 2012, 50,000 tonnes fewer items of clothing have been disposed of in household bins. […]
Struggling to get your staff in the saddle? Cycle Solutions has all the answers.
Encouraging your employees to cycle to work is a great way to keep staff healthy and productive while working towards your sustainability and wellbeing targets. And while your staff may be keen to give it a go, without a little guidance it’s likely they’ll be unsure where to start and fall into cycling misconceptions like […]