Think Green Outreach Challenges
If you would like to participate in an outreach challenge for your region, contact your partner organization. We encourage creativity and region involvement. Neighborhood organizations may choose from our monthly outreach challenges or submit their own. We ask that outreach challenges encourage waste reduction and let the region know about the competition.
Use our seasonal waste reduction tips, posters, and handouts to reach out to your region.
Each challenge is worth one point and must be documented with a photo sent through the partner organization to recyclenw@wm.com by the first of the following month. Waste Management will post the photos on our website.
Outreach Challenge Ideas
- Distribute Posters - We will provide each neighborhood organization with 25 Think Green Recycling Challenge posters to put up at local businesses. Choose areas that are highly visible to your region. Tell the owner/manager about the competition and how we are involving the region. Then ask for permission to hang the poster in a visible location. We recommend completing this activity at the start of the competition.
Get Involved with the Parks!
Even More Ideas
- Recycling Flash Mob - Gather your friends, family, neighbors, pets - anyone you can - to "spontaneously" join you in a high-traffic area to promote recycling. Whistles, boas, streamers, and signs, are encouraged, but make sure they're borrowed or reused!
- YouTube Video - Promote the competition to your neighbors by highlighting our waste-reduction tips of the month in a YouTube video. If you have a forum, you can even post a link on your website, Facebook page, or neighborhood blog. Send the link to your video to recyclenw@wm.com.
- Event Table - Many communities and schools host events throughout the year, from back-to-school nights, farmers markets, holiday fairs and spring celebrations. Set up a table to let attendees know about the competition and promote our monthly waste-reduction tips. We'll provide competition flyers and educational brochures about what can be recycled and composted in Seattle.
- Door-to-Door Outreach - Visit 200 neighbors and tell them about the competition. We will provide competition flyers, to share with anyone who wants one. Remember, we are measuring total residential garbage in each region, so every household counts! Tell us how many houses you visited and send us a picture at recyclenw@wm.com.
- Come up with your own outreach activity - Have a creative idea for encouraging waste reduction in your region? Go for it! Send us your pictures along with a description of what you did and how it impacted your region at recyclenw@wm.com.
Seasonal Outreach Challenge Ideas
May Spring Cleaning
- Spring is the perfect time to go through the house or garage to clear out old and unused items. This is a great time to recycle, and also presents a perfect opportunity to engage the neighborhood by having a spring cleaning swap in your neighborhood!
- Future months to come!
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