New research commissioned by Planet Ark and conducted by Pollinate reveals that 43 per cent of Australians believe workplaces lack waste recycling options. This is a cause of frustration to most workers, with the survey showing that seven in 10 of us say that recycling at work makes us happy and improves our perceptions of employer responsibility.
Released to coincide with Planet Ark’s relaunch of the Business Recycling platform, a free service providing recycling information for Australian businesses that was first introduced in 2010, the research also uncovering the fact that 39 per cent of Australians say that their employer does not communicate those waste and recycling policies they do have in place clearly enough.
“We’re thrilled to be celebrating 10 years of our Business Recycling program, which has made recycling easier for over a million Australian workers over the last decade,” Planet Ark CEO, Paul Klymenko, said. “By merging the platform with Recycling Near You, Australia’s most comprehensive recycling information service, we are creating a national one-stop-shop for recycling information whether at home or work.”
NSW Energy and Environment Minister Matt Kean said that the program has been made possible by funding under the NSW Government’s Waste Less, Recycle More initiative.
“From Bega to Byron, and Swansea to Silverton the NSW Government is committed to reducing waste right across the State, that is why we are investing more than $800 million in the largest waste and recycling program in the country, to support projects like Planet Ark’s Business Recycling platform, that educate businesses on the benefits of boosting recycling efforts not only for the environment but for productivity, too,” Minister Kean said.
