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Dont Dump it, Recycle it!
Find out where to recycle all of those tricky items through Planet Ark's new recycling directory specifically designed for businesses!
Visit businessrecycling.com.au
Big butt blitz!
Our City is not an ashtray.
Throughout March, the City held a big butt blitz throughout CBD streets to stop cigarette butt littering and encourage smokers to do the right thing - bin their butts!
Cigarette butts on the street run into our stormwater drains and harm marine life. They're not biodegradeable - they're toxic - containing over 4,000 chemicals and taking up to 5 years to break down.
Become a Butt Blitzer
Reduce Cigarette littering by picking up a personal ashtray to bin your butts.
If you are a business you can download free resources for your workplace. Find out more here.
Watch this!
Learn why it's important to keep Chinatown Green and Clean
Celebrating Green Clean Chinatown
Zero Waste Partners congratulates the six winning businesses of the Green Clean Chinatown Awards. The program worked directly with Chinatown businesses to help reduce waste, illegal dumping and to increase recycling.
The winning businesses were recognised for their efforts to help keep the City safe, clean and more sustainable.
Councilor Robert Kok presents awards to winning businesses.
Winners
Winners of the Reuse Champion Recognition Award:
- Melewah Jewellery
- Season’s Fruit Market
- Tiy Loy & Co.
Winners of the Recycling Champion Recognition Award:
- Golden Century Seafood Restaurant
- BBQ King Restaurant
- Sussex Centre
“We hire a recycling contractor and make sure we separate bottles, glass and cardboard boxes. A clean Chinatown attracts more customers to your business and other surrounding businesses.”
Eric Wong, Golden Century Seafood Restaurant
“We give customers reusable bags to increase their environmental awareness.”
Henry Chan, Tiy Loy & Co.
“I feel very proud to be part of cleaning our City. We reuse all of our cardboard boxes and donate them to our customers to stop then from using plastic bags”
Irene Fu, Season’s Fruit Market
Become a Zero Waste Partner
If you would like to become a Zero Waste Partner, contact
Mark Matthews
Sustainability Business Officer
Tel: 02
9265 9762
Email: mmatthews@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
Discounted Energy Assessments Available
The Department of Environmental and Climate Change (DECC) are providing subsidised energy efficiency assessments for small businesses in NSW that use up to $20,000 in electricity a year.
The program offers:
- A subsidised personalised energy assessment and action plan
- A 50% rebate of up to $5,000 for businesses that use $5,000-$20,000 a year in electricity and $2,000 for businesses that use less than $5,000 a year in electricity.
Energy assessment
Businesses pay only $50 to the assessor at the time of the assessment and receive a personalised energy assessment and action plan. The balance (either $100 or $250, depending on annual electricity use) is deducted from the rebate.
Rebate
The rebate is for implementing energy efficiency improvements as outlined in your action plan, including:
- lighting and skylights
- heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and insulation
- electric motors
- air compressors
- commercial refrigeration
- boilers
- insulation.
The rebate is only available for items with a payback period of greater than 2 years.
To find out more or to register, visit DECC or contact DECC’s Enviro Line on 1300 361 967
Last Updated: Monday 7 March, 2011
