How to encourage recycling ?

I feel rewarding people for it is an excellent idea.

Thanks everyone for their valuable comments....

We need to have a systematic process in place for reinforcing habit & definitely we should know in prior on what are those to recycle.......
However, I created this Idea Contest because the task of maximizing the usage of recycling is difficult as product manufacturing processes may involve many possible alternatives for components, and for processes that may be used to assemble the components. I always believe recycling generally lowers the raw material requirements for the recycled materials. It can also be used as a means of generating energy from the waste and many recycled items have secondary uses also......

Isha ji,

U have taken one of the most relevant & practical problem,.

There may not be any single strategy for increasing recycling, but multiple measures adopted at the same time. The measures that may be adopted for "promoting recycling" may be as follows :

1. Visual signs, instructions, banners displayed at all important places at plant.

2.Strict monitoring of use of Printers/Xerox machines. Deploy shredding machines.

3.Develop sources of stationary made from recycled material.

4.Develop innovative recycling process (e.g. coolant, cutting oit filtration & reuse...).

5. Strict monitoring of scrap segregation & disposal.

6.Implement a system of "Purchase Requisition" for any material be subject to certification from materials store,that alternate material is not available in scrap yard (or non-moving inventory).

These are some of the practical measures (applicable to Industry). 

It is like what FPAI (Family Planning Association of India) had done decades ago. Painted walls, posters, cinema slides, newspapers.... Just hammer it through. I am sure with more literate people the awakening would be a lot better than what it was earlier. It is a very unified effort!

Yes Markand you are right here, we need to educate people to reuse and recycle things so that it will benefit more to the planet and then themselves, so nice topic Isha.........

Example :- Use blank side of paper as rough paper. This creates problem of confidentiality many times. Instead while printing and taking Xerox use both side.

Impose less cost on the recylced material

First of all I wish to submit that the decision to select the rigth steps for implementation of recycling process, depends on the type and size of the company. For example a very small organisation may prefer to sell the waste products to Kabadiwala becuase the recyclic products do not have any use for him at the same time the processing cost is high.

I strongly support that recycling for harmful by-products is essential so that it can be converted into non harmful wastes/products. 

Reawarding employees is good idea, but I think that it should be done through Quality Circles. I strongly believe that employees are having better practical knowledge related with their job/area. I had seen in TATA MOTORS and USHA MARTIN that with the help of ideas came out during the brain storming sessions in Quality Circles' meeting, big problems related with shop floor have been solved. During these meeting good suggestions are coming out which are even not identified by the management/ experts in planning stage. Rewarding to the best Quality Circle within the company is necessary in any organisations for motivation. Such type of motivation increases participation of the members not only in the Quality Circle meeting  but also increases the involvement of the employees in the implemetation work.

 I have seen that apart from rewarding the members, the chairman of one reputed company had a dinner with the best performer quality circle group. Due to positive  and effective mangement policies, this group is having a very high growth rate with satisfied employees.