Keeping It Clean: Communicating Anti-Contamination Messaging in the New Recycling Reality

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Keeping It Clean:
Anti-Contamination Messaging
Who We Are
Public Sector Clients
Recycling Crisis Makes Mainstream News
Food and liquids in
recycling containers
Wish-cycling or just not
caring to sort correctly
Local Loads Contribute to the Crisis
Messaging: Highlights from Haulers
Messaging: Highlights from Haulers
Messaging: Highlights from Haulers
Common Themes:
• Empty
• Clean
• Dry
• No bags/bagging
• “Know what to
Throw”
Palo Alto: Reducing Food & Liquid in Recyclables
Vivid Communication: How Clean is Clean?
Define Desired Behavior
Keeping It Clean: Communicating Anti-Contamination Messaging in the New Recycling Reality
To view the Videos from this Project visit:
https://www.gigantic-idea.com/portfolio/zero-waste-palo-alto/
To view the Videos from this Project visit:
https://www.gigantic-idea.com/portfolio/zero-waste-palo-alto/
To view the Videos from this Project visit:
https://www.gigantic-idea.com/portfolio/zero-waste-palo-alto/
Enable the Desired Behavior
Take the Message to the (Real) People
Take the Message to the (Online) People
Total Reach 210,955
10-Sec Video View
from View Ads
40,501
Clicks from Website
Click Ads
367
Budget $5,325
Facebook/Instagram Results
Take the Message to the (YouTube) People
Video Impressions YT views
Wet Your Whistle 142,874 12,061
Veggie Recycle Ready 162,405 10,527
Recycling is Going Fat
Free 165,472
13,072
Total 470,751 35,660
Total Cost Cost Per
View
$2,112.61 $.06
Learnings: People See What’s Not There
Learnings: Opportunity for Engagement
Adjust Messaging to Address Concerns
Recycling Stream
Contamination
Livermore: Contamination in All Carts
Organics Stream
Contamination
Missed Diversion
Opportunity in Trash
Show How to Separate & Sort Common Items
Binny and Residents Deliver the Message
To view the Videos from this Project
visit:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCauVIp2moL92GrfI5NyBnQw
Keeping It Clean: Communicating Anti-Contamination Messaging in the New Recycling Reality
Keeping It Clean: Communicating Anti-Contamination Messaging in the New Recycling Reality
Keeping It Clean: Communicating Anti-Contamination Messaging in the New Recycling Reality
Communications Best Practices
• Local Relevance. Highlight commonly
found issues (check your loads)
• Establish Clear Expectations—align city
& hauler messaging
• Define desired actions (Pour, Wipe,
Scrape)
• Adapt culturally/languages if needed
Communications Best Practices:
• Make it vivid—Show examples,
demonstrate
• It’s ok to create a sense of urgency, if
situation is urgent
• Address known sensitivities
• Repeat, repeat—multi-touch
Questions?
lisa@gigantic-idea.com
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Keeping It Clean: Communicating Anti-Contamination Messaging in the New Recycling Reality