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Best Practices for Organizing a Successful Residence Blitz and Boosting Campus Container Returns
Often times, we hear that students accumulate Friendlier containers in residence. A Friendlier Residence Blitz before reading week or move-out is a great way to collect them all at once. By meeting students where they are, you can boost returns, raise awareness, and make sustainability effortless. Here’s how to make it work at your school:
1. Timing is Everything
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Plan your blitz during prior to reading week or end of semester when students are most likely to be preparing for a break.
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Consider aligning it with sustainability events to maximize impact.
2. Visibility & Promotion
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Use a mix of digital and physical promotions leading up to the blitz:
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Posters in dining halls and residence lobbies
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Digital screens and residence newsletters
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Social media posts and student group chats
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Make the return bins highly visible by placing them in common areas like lobbies, entrances, and study spaces.
Friendlier Residence Blitz poster templates are available.
3. Partner with Campus Teams
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Collaborate with residence life teams, sustainability offices, and food services to amplify messaging.
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Leverage student influencers or sustainability clubs to promote the blitz.
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Encourage faculty and staff participation to set an example for students.
Use our suggested internal communications document to help drive those conversations!
4. Track & Measure Success
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Use Friendlier’s dashboard data to track return spikes during and after the blitz.
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Gather student feedback to refine future initiatives.
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Share results on social media and with campus stakeholders to highlight the impact.
A well-planned Residence Blitz can significantly improve return rates and build a culture of reuse on campus. By making it easy, engaging, and rewarding, you can ensure students embrace the Friendlier system as part of their daily routine.
About Friendlier
Friendlier is the leading clean-tech reusable packaging company in Canada on a mission to simplify the switch from single-use to reusable packaging for businesses and communities. Our reuse program offers a full-service solution by taking care of packaging return collection, sanitization, customer deposit claims and impact tracking.