H.E.L.P. (Have Employees do Litter Pickup) is a campaign that will enhance the image of your business. The H.E.L.P. Your Business Campaign's goal is to encourage businesses to keep their parking lots, adjacent sidewalks and street gutters free of litter, volunteer weeds and other debris. This can be accomplished by having an employee, or employees, work your property several times a day.

The first impression potential customers have of your business, and our community, is what it looks like on the outside. If customers see litter and other debris in the parking lot, along the curb or sidewalk, a negative image is created which can potentially result in lost business. It affects how Lincoln is viewed by others. A clean city is attractive and makes citizens and visitors feel welcome and safe and helps the communities economy.

Are you running a dirty business? Maybe not, however, the Keep Lincoln & Lancaster County Beautiful Program is promoting the "HELP Your Business Campaign" to encourage all business to Have Employees do Litter Pickup each day. By examining your operation to identify sources of litter and how it is handled you can help us insure that Lincoln and Lancaster County is a cleaner, safer place to live and work.

This LITTER REDUCTION LIST is a start for such an examination. Research has shown that a sizable percentage of litter comes from business and commercial sources. This check list is a simple tool to help you analyze possible litter sources and then take effective inexpensive steps to reduce them.

Litter Receptacles

• Are ash trays located near the entrance for people to use fefore entring your facility?
• Is the design of the litter receptacles the best for working operations?
• Are there enough receptacles for each working area?
• Are the receptacles moveable to site which are likely to be littered on a temporary basis?
• Are the receptacles emptied when needed?
• Are the receptacles located where it is most convenient to use them?
• Have employees been encouraged to use the receptacles, and to clean up litter as soon as it has been generated?
• Have employees suggestions been used to determine the placement and structure of the receptacles?
• If you provide customers complimentary candies upon leaving, do you have a trash can at the door or just outside so they have a place to put the wrapper?
• If you provide customers complimentary candies upon leaving do you have a trash can at the door or just outside so they have a place to put the wrapper?

Public Areas-Inside and Out

• Are public litter receptacles convenient for customer use?
• Are public litter receptacles emptied when needed?
• Are public areas cleaned regularly of any litter present (including cigarette butts!)?
• Are areas checked two or three times a day so litter won't accummulate?

Loading and Unloading Platforms

• Are litter receptacles light enough to be moved as needed and emptied as necessary?
• Are litter receptacles covered to prevent spillage?
• Are mid-day or end-of-day clean ups conducted?

Refuse Pug-Out Areas

• Is the container capacity adequate for trash generated?
• Is the area around the container or dumpster kept free of litter?

Questions?
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(402) 441-8035 or Contact Us now.