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Fast facts on waste at work
Facts and figures on waste and recycling in Australia as it relates to the workplace.
Make a green change
Making a green change means re-evaluating your approach to resources and making holistic changes to your operations. Making a green change is like any other workplace change – it requires motivation, good communication and consultation, monitoring and review of effectiveness, and recognition and reward for achievement.
Waste reduction tool kit
Use these tools to start reducing waste across your business. In the spirit of waste reduction, we have 'recycled' some of the best resources we could find put them in one place. Making things as easy as possible is the first step to ensuring success.
EcoBiz
ecoBiz is an eco-efficiency program administered by Gold Coast City Council on behalf of the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management. The program assists businesses from various industries identify and introduce environmentally-friendly practices to achieve greater profitability by better managing water, energy and waste.
Take action at work
- For business owners and managers
Waste could cost businesses between five and 20 times more than they realise. Costs include materials, revenue, labour, energy and liability risks if waste management is not correctly handled.
- For staff
People with passion can make major changes. If you want to be a green champion in your workplace, management will appreciate your efforts, not only for the sake of the environment but for the business bottom line as well.
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