Locally Led Initiatives
Our staff have played an important role in initiating locally based projects to improve our overall
environmental footprint. These have included:
• Bella Vista/Head Office installed a can crusher and now recycles all aluminium cans to a local
disability organisation, who use the recycled materials for their social enterprise. Generic use
bins were replaced with mixed-use recycle bins to reduce waste to landfill. All photocopying
paper across the organisation was changed to 50% recycled.
• Caringbah worked with their landlord to replace their single flush toilets with dual flush to save
water. They also introduced battery recycling to reduce waste.
• Coffs Harbour moved from using plastic cups and plates to crockery, to reduce waste to landfill.
• Erina installed personal paper recycling bins to reduce waste.
• Lismore created a worm farm outside their building for all compost scraps to reduce food waste
to landfill.
• Newcastle installed timers on their water boilers to only run during business hours, reducing
energy consumption. They use eco settings on their dishwasher to save water and energy.
• Port Macquarie introduced recycled toilet paper and hand towels to reduce their carbon
impact. They use composting liners in their bins for all kitchen waste as an environmentally
friendly alternative.
In 2015-16, the Environmental Committee will continue to implement the Environmental Strategy,
introduce organisation-wide initiatives and support locally led projects that will reduce our carbon
footprint and improve the sustainability of the organisation.
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