“Working 9 to 5” but Irish people are not recycling enough in these hours

“Working 9 to 5” but Irish people are not recycling enough in these hours th Repak Recycling Week kicks off today Monday October 4 with a focus on Recycling in the Office Repak Research shows: 47% don’t recycle regularly in the workplace kitchen/canteen versus 3% in the household kitchen 62% do not recycle regularly from the office/desk 42% not regularly recycling their plastic bottles and 55% not recycling their used take away coffee cups in the workplace. Over 52% of people bring plastic bottled products into the workplace with 43% buying take away coffee 55% of people surveyed recycle more in the home than in the workplace In the home recycling continues to improve with 40% of people reported to having brown bins for recycling food waste versus 88% who have recyclable bins 83% claim not to regularly recycle their used food tins in work and 55% don’t recycle their used take away coffee cups. Research carried for Repak Recycling Week shows that Irish people have much better recycling habits in the home than the workplace. The research of over 1,000 adults showed that 47% of those working do not regularly recycling in the workplace kitchen/canteen compared to only 3% who do not regularly recycle in the household kitchen. Meanwhile 62% do not regularly recycle from the office/desk and 88% do not recycling from the stationary room. When questioned what items they regularly recycle, Plastic drinks bottles were the ...