Comments on: If you were the CEO, how would you make your subordinates follow your company’s energy-conservation policy? http://www.energy--talk.com/creative-energy-ideas/if-you-were-the-ceo-how-would-you-make-your-subordinates-follow-your-companys-energy-conservation-policy/201/ How Can We Be More Energy Efficient? Thu, 17 May 2012 12:27:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: keengrrl76 http://www.energy--talk.com/creative-energy-ideas/if-you-were-the-ceo-how-would-you-make-your-subordinates-follow-your-companys-energy-conservation-policy/201/#comment-387 keengrrl76 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:29:21 +0000 http://www.energy--talk.com/creative-energy-ideas/if-you-were-the-ceo-how-would-you-make-your-subordinates-follow-your-companys-energy-conservation-policy/201/#comment-387 Well, people react well to positive reinforcement, so how about a reward system. Every department should keep a paper recycling box/bin in their area, and every time they fill it up they get an extra 15 mintues in their lunch. At the end of the year, the department with the most bins recycles gets a pizza party and awards for all of the staff in the dept. Also, I think education is key - people will know why they are participating and will feel good about contributing to the environment. Well, people react well to positive reinforcement, so how about a reward system.

Every department should keep a paper recycling box/bin in their area, and every time they fill it up they get an extra 15 mintues in their lunch.

At the end of the year, the department with the most bins recycles gets a pizza party and awards for all of the staff in the dept.

Also, I think education is key - people will know why they are participating and will feel good about contributing to the environment.

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