What You Can Do (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle)

In the home and office

In the Home

• Avoid packaged food
• Carry your own reusable shopping bags
• Buy quality goods that last
• Get friendly with your local secondhand shops and the local charity organisations
• Fix things as they wear out or break
• Compost your organic waste.
• Recycle all paper and cardboard.
• Buy only recyclable plastics.
• Dispose of chemicals safely: call the Clean-Out Info Hotline on 1300 787 870.

In the Office

• Use recycled content stationery products rather than virgin stationery products.
• Use both sides of the paper whenever possible and turn scrap paper into notebooks.
• Conduct regular waste audits in the office to help improve the management of waste.
• Ask your supplier about different types of recycled content products available
• Avoid printing everything out whenever possible, use e-mails or online publishing tools.
• Place recycling bins under each desk, and other possible locations where paper will be used, such as near the photocopiers and printers.
• Educate both the staff and the cleaners about the importance of recycling at the workplace and ensure valuable materials are not accidentally discarded.