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Recycling Week ideas for the workplace
Read more →: Recycling Week ideas for the workplaceDid you know next week is National Recycling Week?! If you are stuck for ideas on how your workplace can get involved check out these ideas for activities. They not only promote reusing and recycling but are also great for team bonding and staff morale. 6 easy, fun and interactive ideas for your workplace recycling week:…
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What does Energy Rating actually mean?
Read more →: What does Energy Rating actually mean?Last post we provided a review on the Energy Rating app which can help the consumer to work out the estimated power cost for a given appliance before they make a purchase. As mentioned in the article the app is based on the Energy Rating labels that are featured on equipment and appliances. We know…
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The many colours of waste and recycling!
Read more →: The many colours of waste and recycling!Throughout Melbourne and in Australia overall we see a variety of colours and styles of waste and recycling bins. 2006 saw the introduction of the Australian Standard for mobile bin colours (AS4123.7-2006) which brought more consistencies across the board. Thinking about what we have in place in Australia, I thought it would be an interesting…
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Standardised Australian Recycling Label
Read more →: Standardised Australian Recycling LabelThe first cab of the ranks for the PREP system has been the well-known Australian brand, Blackmores. In November of last year the Australian Recycling Label was launched in NSW with Planet Ark, Blackmores and the NSW Environment Minister, Mark Speakman. Hopefully this will be the start of seeing this label all over the country.
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Giving people that SecondBite
Read more →: Giving people that SecondBiteFood waste is such as prominent issue and looking back at the Food Recovery Hierarchy, after ‘source reduction’ the next aspect we should be concentrating on is ‘Feeding People In Need’. One amazing food rescue organisation that does just that is SecondBite. SecondBite works by rescuing surplus fresh food that would otherwise go to landfill and…
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Innovative waste bins
Read more →: Innovative waste binsWorking in the industry I’m always on the lookout for new and interesting developments with regards to recycling and waste. On a recent trip to New Zealand these waste bins in an inner city retail and restaurant complex really caught my eye. What a clever and innovative design – you can’t help but stop and…
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Eliminate your food waste with this app!
Read more →: Eliminate your food waste with this app!Working in a commercial kitchen can be extremely busy and often chaotic – things like keeping track of how much food you are actually wasting can be really difficult. However, food waste is a very important aspect to understand both from a business point of view and a sustainability stance. The ‘Wise up on Waste’…
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Australian wide recycling app
Read more →: Australian wide recycling appConfused about what can and cannot be recycled? Look no further, there is now a brand now App that can help you out. The new free RecycleSmart App is Australia’s most comprehensive recycling App which draws data from the RecyclingNearYou site for every Australian council and allows users to easily search for information about how…
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e-waste recycling process
Read more →: e-waste recycling process[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Following on from our article regarding the responsible disposal of e-waste, here’s a bit of an outline on what happens after your e-waste is collected for recycling. Please note: this is the process used at one supplier we use. Process may differ depending on the facility. The e-waste recycling process: A combination of crushers, shredders, density…
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Don’t throw it – repair it!
Read more →: Don’t throw it – repair it!In this day and age we seem to unfortunately live in a ‘throwaway society’ – if something breaks or falls apart our first instinct may be to throw it away and get a new one. The thought of repairing an item may seem too difficult, costly or time consuming. But what if there was an…
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