Recycling Landscaping Purchase plant containers that are recyclable. Recycle excess plant containers, when possible. Set up a recycling program for your employees and encourage them to participate. Leaving grass clippings on a lawn can significantly reduce the waste volume while conserving soil nutrients and saving fertilizer costs. Use a mulching mower to cut grass into smaller pieces, thereby allowing the clippings to decompose faster.
Regular mowers can be retrofit with mulching blades to further cut new equipment costs.
Composting leaves and branches along with grass trimmings and other organic matter will create a high-nutrient soil additive used for landscaping. Use compost as a topsoil amendment or request that your landscaper use it. High quality compost could be sold as mulch, potting soil or a soil amendment to cover groundskeeping costs. Offices Maintain a worm bin as an in-house group project. Worms will eat leftover organic vegetative waste from lunch.