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Recycle Week 2015: Day 1

Welcome to Recycle Week!

This week we’re bring you a series of posts in honour of Recycle Week, a national event that takes place every year to help you recycle more.

This year’s theme is ‘recycling around the home’ so we’ll be taking you on a tour of some rooms in your home that you perhaps hadn’t thought were recycling hotspots before!

Before we get started, why not take a quick look back at last year’s Recycle Week, which focused on ‘recycling at home and away’. You can find our post about home and away recycling, as well as more information on recycling electronics and clothing. Hopefully you’ll pick up some hints that will aid you in this year’s Recycle Week!

Recycling Facts and Figures

To kick our week off, we’re going to give you some facts and figures about recycling that should make it clear why we think Recycle Week is so important.

If you know of any facts about recycling that you think everyone should know then head over to twitter and tweet @LocalGreenPts to let us know! We might even include the best ones in our summary post on Friday!

  • If everyone in the UK recycled one toothpaste box, it would save enough energy to run a fridge in 2,000 homes for a year.
  • If one aluminium air freshener aerosol can was recycled by everyone in the UK, enough energy could be saved to vacuum over 870,000 homes for a year.
  • If everyone in the UK recycled one aluminium deodorant aerosol, enough energy could be saved to vacuum over 480,000 homes for a year.
  • Plastic bottles can be recycled into footy shirts, fleeces and new plastic bottles.
  • It takes 7 days for a recycled newspaper to come back again as newspaper.
  • Paper and card can come back as loft insulation.
  • Cans and tins can come back as car parts, aeroplane wings and new cans.
  • Drinks cans from around the home are recycled into new cans which can be back on the shelves in just 8 weeks.

Tomorrow we’ll be kicking off our tour of the home by looking at what you can recycle in the kitchen!
 

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Jump (Local Green Points) awarded contract by Torbay Council for DCLG – Funded Recycling Reward Scheme

Torbay Council has announced today that it has appointed Jump (Local Green Points) to operate a reward scheme which will incentivise Torbay’s 65,000 households to reduce waste and recycle more.

The project will be wholly funded by a grant from the Department of Communities and Local Government through its Recycling Reward Scheme fund.

The scheme, Torbay Green Points, is set to launch in the summer and residents will be able to earn points that will benefit their local community for recycling and other positive waste behaviours. There will also be prizes for top-performing individuals including iTunes, M&S vouchers and swims at local leisure centres.

Every resident that participates in the scheme will benefit from a new Torbay Green Points card and key fob which will enable them to access discounts and special offers from cafes, barbers, beauty salons and other local businesses.

Jump (Local Green Points) is the UK’s leading supplier of rewards and incentives schemes for local authority clients and works exclusively with councils to help them motivate residents to reduce disposal waste and increase rates of recycling and reuse.

Graham Simmonds, Managing Director for Jump (Local Green Points), is looking forward to implementing the scheme in Torbay, and says: “I’m delighted to be working with the team at Torbay Council on this exciting new English Riviera initiative which will help drive up recycling rates and provide much-needed support for community projects as well as local businesses.”

Torbay residents wanting to pre-register for the scheme should contact Jump (Local Green Points) at [email protected] or call 0207 326 5055 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5:30pm).

Spring 2015 is proving to be an exciting time for Jump (Local Green Points) and winning the Torbay Council contract comes hot on the heels of a contract win with Coventry City Council to support its new recycling reward scheme to be launched shortly, and follows the launch of an innovative new Tower Hamlets Community Points pilot scheme focused on food waste.

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Case study for European Green Capital

Read Go Green’s case study about Copper Consultancy’s Jump programme here, and more about Copper’s plans for sustainability on their website.

Copper Consultancy were one of the first businesses to implement a Jump scheme to reward their staff for taking more positive steps and have teamed up with Go Green to encourage other employers to do the same.

Copper Consultancy is a specialist stakeholder communications company for infrastructure and development projects. They provide communications and stakeholder engagement across the energy, resources, transport, water and built environment sectors so a commitment to sustainability comes high up their priorities list.

Launched in 2013, Copper chose Jump to engage and reward their staff for behaviours that contribute to both individual and company-wide sustainability and wellbeing, including walking, cycling, personal relaxation, recycling and volunteering.

The programme has proven popular with staff, with over 70% of the workforce signing up to take part in the programme. Since then over 150,000 Green Points have been earnt by determined Copper employees for their actions.

Copper Consultancy have now been featured as part of ‘Go Green’, an initiative to share best practice in sustainability for Bristol-based businesses as part of Bristol’s year as European Green Capital 2015.

John Twitchen, Executive Director of Copper Consultancy, has been a keen supporter of the programme and vocal about the benefits it brings to Copper Consultancy. He was one of the speakers at our Behaviour Change Seminar in October 2014 and says of JUMP:


“ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS, AND JUMP PROVIDES ALL THE INGREDIENTS FOR EVERY MEMBER OF STAFF TO DO JUST THAT.”
JOHN TWITCHEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, COPPER CONSULTANCY
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Go Green Week inspires Chichester

From the 9th to the 13th February 2015 People and Planet are running their annual ‘Go Green Week’ – a week of climate action in Universities, School and Colleges.

Our Jump programme at the University of Chichester is all about encouraging sustainability and wellbeing at the University so we thought we’d mark Go Green Week by offering double points for all activity during the week – with some great results!

In only three days we’ve seen over 70 positive actions take place ranging from group emails encouraging people to add a ‘please do not print me’ message to their signatures; to encouraging Phd students to sign documents electronically rather than printing them out.

The competitive element of the programme is a great motivator, with people wanting more Green Points to push their team up the Chichester leaderboard in pursuit of first prize. There’s currently a fierce battle between the Academic Quality & Standards department and the Research and Employee Engagement Office for the top spot!

We find that tying the programme into national and international sustainability and wellbeing events really helps to motivate people to do more. We’re currently finalising some special activities for Fairtrade Fortnight and Climate Week for our existing Jump clients.

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The ideas are flowing at the University of Chichester.

There’s a real buzz around sustainability at the University of Chichester, and it’s largely due to their Jump engagement programme.

One of the most interesting things that Jump has uncovered is the fantastic range of ideas that the University population, staff and students, have around sustainability and well-being. Alongside the performance and data monitoring in modules such as ‘Energy Saving’ and ‘Waste and Recycling’, we have also been rewarding and recognising people for their suggestions and bright ideas.

Our Customer Service team have been delighted to receive a wide range of suggestions and ideas, such as putting ‘Switch-Off’ reminders in new places around the office and making notepads using scrap paper. If the suggestion is a good one, points are awarded to the team that submitted it, which helps them climb up the leader board – and points are also given if the best ideas are implemented!

Many of the behaviours that the Jump programme is promoting at the University of Chichester are great for people’s health, as well as the environment. Employee Benefits recently published an article focusing on the well-being benefits that the University’s employees are experiencing through engaging with the programme, see the article here.

By engaging their people, the programme is helping the University of Chichester realise and accelerate its sustainability ambitions. If you would like more information about how we could do this for your organisation, please feel free to contact me on [email protected] or by calling 020 7326 5055.

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European Week for Waste Reduction

This week, it’s the European Week for Waste Reduction, getting us all to think a little more about what we waste.

To give you some practical advice on what you can do to cut down the amount you throw away, we’re going to hand over to some of the members of the University of Chichester who have submitted their tips!

To encourage the team to reduce their printing costs and the amount that they print each month, Katie sends out the monthly printing statements from the print shop, which shows how many pages each colleague has printed. Katie Akerman, AQS.

Instead of throwing away food that is leftover from meetings, it is brought back to the office in the first instance, and depending on volume would then be shared with other offices. Katie Akerman, AQS.

ASC Scrutiny Group committee members were asked if they are happy to accept electronic copies of papers, whilst still offering paper copies to those who need them. Most members have electronic devices that they can bring to meetings, meaning much less papers is used to distribute copies. Helen Bicknell, AQS.

On windows PCs, if you go to the left hand side by the start button and type ‘sticky notes into ‘search programmes and files’ you can get electronic post it notes on your desktop screen – thus you can save paper and waste when you’re at your PC and keep things handy! Suzanne Jones, Human Resources.

Most forms that are created by the department are handled electronically, and we have worked to ensure that students / staff and externals can access these form either via the website, intranet, or are sent out electronically. We have a small supply of mitigating circumstances forms on paper for students, and Ellie and Helen ensure that only a small amount are ordered at a time, and stock levels are monitored so that more can be ordered when needed, but we aren’t left with any leftover at the end of the year. Helen Bicknell, AQS.

AQS collects incoming envelopes and reuses them in preference to new envelopes – for internal use to other colleagues. Helen Bicknell, AQS.

To remind the team to team to only print things when they are needed, Katie produced some small labels and attached them to the printer to remind colleagues to think about what they are printing. The University’s system sends a document to the printer, and you have to click on the document at the printer in order to print it, so you get the chance to delete the document from the print queue if you realise you don’t need to print it anymore, therefore the labels on the printer are in an effective place. Katie Akerman, AQS.

One of the papers going to the group was made up of nearly 50 pages, most of which were appendices (which more than likely wont even be looked at), so I decided to just print the main body of the document (only 7 pages) and ensure members receiving hard copies had the whole document electronically, saving a whole bunch of paper. Helen Bicknell, AQS.

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Engagement in Sustainability at Jump’s Behaviour Change Seminar 2014

Yesterday the Jump (Green Rewards) team were out in force for our big event, bringing together local councils, companies and strategic authorities to discuss how behaviour change tools can help their organisations engage residents and employees in positive steps to boost sustainability and wellbeing.

Using the hashtag #BCS2014 we tweeted our way through the morning’s proceedings as our speakers covered a range of topics – from ‘smart people’ and the importance of wellbeing through to case studies on both JUMP and Local Green Points schemes.

The event took place at the LookOut, a unique eco-themed venue in the middle of Hyde Park, and was attended by over 60 delegates who took in the morning’s proceeding over coffee (and biscuits!)

Presenting at the event were John Twitchen, Executive Director of Copper Consultancy; Lawrence Mitchell, Marketing Director and Well-Being Champion for RBI; Kate Cathie, Environment and Sustainable Development Co-ordinator at the University of Chichester; and Stephen Didsbury, Head of Waste and Street Services at the London Borough of Bexley; and Graham Simmonds, Green Rewards’ Managing Director.

Opening proceedings, Graham Simmonds highlighted how we could learn from organisations such as Unilever, who have developed the ‘five levers of change’ model to drive pro-sustainable behaviours amongst consumers.

John Twitchen talked about ‘smart people’, setting his focus firmly on people and argued that we need to invest more in revenue expenditure and not just capital expenditure on facilities and equipment.

Lawrence Mitchell explored the relationship between sustainability and well-being, highlighting that environmental wellbeing should be a part of a wider well-being strategy. He outlined the benefits to employers in having a robust well-being strategy and joined-up activities, including reducing absenteeism by around 26% (Wellness Council of America) as well as reducing stress and increasing engagement of employees.

Kate Cathie spoke of the progress that the University of Chichester has made in making their organisation more sustainable, including the creation and implementation of their own JUMP programme. She highlighted the benefits of the flexible programme, which fits well with previous sustainability ventures, creating continuity.

Stephen Didsbury explored the impact that the London Green Points – Bexley scheme has had on recycling rates in the Borough and the lessons learnt from the scheme – such as the importance of a door to door campaign and the value of the London Green Points – Bexley champions promoting the scheme within their own communities.

Graham Simmonds closed the event with a look back at some of the achievements of the past 12 months for Green Rewards, including how we’ve involved over 175,000 participants in a range of behaviour change activities covering energy, waste and recycling, walking, personal wellbeing, cycling, new ideas and volunteering for charities.

Graham also announced the launch by Jump (Green Rewards) of a new Local Rewards app – coming soon to iOS for all our Local Green Points participants. If you’re a member of one of our schemes, keep an eye on your inbox for the latest news!

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Jump in Havering Borough

Residents across the Borough have started being rewarded for wasting less and recycling more through the London Green Points – Havering scheme, with 25 per cent of households in the borough now signed-up.

The scheme, which launched in January this year, is free for all Havering residents to participate in. All they have to do is activate their account by visiting www.localgreenpoints.com/havering, emailing info@teamjump.co.uk or calling 0207 326 5055 (Mon-Fri 9am-5:30pm).

Once residents have activated their accounts they will be sent a London Green Points – Havering Card as a thank you, which provides access to discounts and offers in 120 local retailers across the borough. Once activated, residents will also start to earn Green Points for reducing their waste and increasing their recycling.

The levels of waste and recycling collected in the Borough are measured, with kerbside collections, bring bank tonnages and levels of recycling being taken to Gerpins Lane all analysed to determine how many Green Points households earn. This number is based on the waste and recycling levels in eight ‘communities’ across the borough, with each household awarded points equally. Points are awarded every three months, with monthly newsletters sent out to keep residents up-to-date.

The points residents earn can be used to purchase over 1,000 products from an online store, including iTunes vouchers and M&S vouchers as well as swims at Everyone Active leisure centres in Havering. Green Points can also be donated to one of nine local community projects in the borough: the Thames Chase Trust, Havering Mind, the Havering Family Diabetes Group, the St. Francis Hospice, the 7th Hornchurch Scout Group, Friends of Bedfords Park, Harold Hill Foodbank, Motorvations and Friends of Cottons Park, as well as a Local Schools Fund.

Angela Dyos, a member of the scheme from Upminster, says:

“London Green Points – Havering is a great way to encourage us all to be more environmentally friendly, which is why I signed-up. As keen gardeners we also took advantage of the free compost bin and kitchen caddy so that we can use our food waste to grow our veggies! We’re planning to donate the points we earn through recycling to the Thames Chase Trust.”

Currently, residents can also be awarded 1,200 Green Points when they purchase a free compost bin and kitchen caddy from www.havering.getcomposting.com. A postage fee of £5.99 applies and points will be added to residents’ accounts within 28 days.

Councillor Robert Benham, Cabinet Member for Environment, says:

“It’s great to see so many Havering residents getting involved. The more people who sign up and start reducing the amount they throw away, the greater the impact the scheme will have, so to reach a 25 per cent sign-up rate within six months of our launch is fantastic.”

For more information about the London Green Points – Havering scheme and to activate your account, please email us on [email protected] or call us on 0207 326 5055 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5:30pm).

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Engaging employees in sustainability and wellbeing

Our Business Development Co-ordinator, Robin Farwell, is intimately involved in developing our employee engagement platform, Jump Healthy Planet: Healthy Team. With changes being made and new modules being added all the time, it’s been a busy – and exciting – period for him to be involved with the programme.

Here is his insight into the developments that are being made.

“At Jump (Green Rewards) we recognise the challenge companies face in maintaining and building ongoing engagement amongst employees for sustainability and well-being. It’s all too easy to create a buzz around key dates like World Environment Day or Movember with stunts and events, however maintaining that enthusiasm on an ongoing basis can be difficult. Our Jump programme is designed specifically with this in mind. The interactive modules, combined with our unique Green Points reward currency, will motivate teams month in, month out.

Jump is developing fast for us and in the last month we’ve added two exciting new modules, stress management and volunteering. We have a range of already established modules such as energy saving and cycling to work that are delivering great results for our current clients.

Through talking to our clients with staff based mainly in the UK and some internationally, we’ve now added new functionality so that it will work for people wherever they’re based. We want to make sure that whole teams will genuinely feel part of the programme and avoid any suggestion it’s a scheme just for UK staff or head office staff.

We’re constantly looking for ways to add more value to our programme by consulting with our current clients. The way we have built and run Jump means that we can incorporate their feedback to customise the platform for them. This flexibility is invaluable and we think it really makes the programme standout.”

For more information on our employee engagement scheme, Jump Healthy Planet: Healthy Team, please visit www.teamjump.co.uk

Please contact Robin in order to request a brochure with further information or to arrange a telephone interview demonstrating how the scheme is working for one of our current clients.

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Better employee engagement

Our focus in 2014 is on bringing well-being and sustainability together. 

Did you know that only 33% of organisations claim to have a wellness culture in place, although 81% have indicated their intention to create one? Whilst in a recent survey, 93% of CEOs regard sustainability as key to the future success of their business, with 76% believing that embedding sustainability into their core business will drive revenue growth and new opportunities. We want to help you embed well-being and sustainability into your organisation through effective employee engagement and rewards; and to us, well-being means linking healthy living for your employees with wellness for the environment and the communities in which you operate. 

Our Jump programme will creatively engage and reward your people on an ongoing basis for taking positive steps; these may be cycling to work, volunteering in the community, energy saving at work, etc. The programme is modular and can be fully customised for your company.

We are already working with market-leading organisations and current activities for clients include:

  • Working with Barclays and their 23,000 branch staff in the UK
  • Working with the London Borough of Havering on a scheme to reward all their 100,000 households for reducing, reusing and recycling waste


If you would like us to email you our Jump brochure, then let us know; alternatively, why not book a 30 minute phone call for one of our team to take you through a live demonstration of how our programme is working for one of our clients? Drop us a call on 020 7326 5055.

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Green Rewards approved as taxed award scheme provider.

Jump, our employee engagement and rewards scheme to benefit as Green Rewards wins approval from HMRC as a Taxed Award Scheme provider, making it even easier for businesses to reward their employees for taking positive steps.

Jump (Green Rewards) has secured HMRC approval to become a Taxed Award Scheme provider, vastly simplifying the process for clients as we can now handle all the administration for employers and employees, including annual reporting to HMRC, for any tax and National Insurance implications on the award of Green Points to employees.

The award of Green Points to an employee is a benefit and subject to income tax for the employee and Class 1A NI contributions for the employer. By securing HMRC approval as a Taxed Award Scheme provider, Green Rewards makes the award of Green Points to employees an extremely simple process for all parties.

Graham Simmonds, our Managing Director, says:

“Now that we are an HMRC approved Taxed Award Scheme provider, it’s even easier for companies and other organisations to adopt our Jump scheme and reward their employees for cycling to work, energy saving at work and a range of other activities all designed to improve the environment and support personal well-being.”

Jump Healthy Planet: Healthy Team is Green Reward’s employee engagement and rewards scheme which aims to help businesses reward their employees for making positive steps. The modular system allow businesses to choose what activities to reward their employees for, and is fully customised to each individual client. To find out more about Jump and how it can benefit your company, email us on [email protected]

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The University of Chichester Jump(ed) on it.

The University of Chichester have become the first University in the UK to implement an innovative Jump programme.

Staff and students at the University of Chichester are the first in the UK to be involved in an innovative programme aiming to improve sustainability at the University as it launched this month.

Jump uses a modular system to engage and reward people for taking more positive steps. Staff and students who register for the scheme are placed in teams by department and will earn Green Points for their participation in themes such as recycling or walking. There are 7 different themes for staff and students, with a number of behaviours encouraged within each.

The Green Points individuals earn for their efforts are placed in their team accounts, with all teams competing to win the top prize £500 to donate to a charity of their choice or to spend on green goodies. Second place will receive £250, with a further 4 runners-up receiving £100.

Kate Cathie, Environment and Sustainable Development Co-ordinator, says: “the University of Chichester has made great progress in sustainability over recent years and we see JUMP as a step forward towards achieving our goals. It’s a great way to get staff and students working together, which they have really enjoyed in the past, and I know the competitive element will really spur people on. I’ve had a great response from both staff and students already and they’re all looking forward to getting stuck into the programme!”

Graham Simmonds, Managing Director of Jump (Green Rewards), says: “developing our programme for universities is a natural a step forward for the programme, which has already been used successfully in a number of businesses. The University of Chichester has great vision for what they want to achieve and we have together developed a programme that we’re confident will produce lasting behaviour change. The competitive and reward elements are great for making sure people continually engage in the programme and we are looking forward to seeing the scheme progress.”

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