T Block Recycling Hub
Did you know that despite Australia being a world leader in paper and cardboard recycling, that we still consume around 230kg of unrecycled paper per person per year1?
Did you know that Australians used around 3.4 million tonnes of plastics in Australia in 2017-18, but only recycled 9.4% of that2?
Given these alarming figures, the team at the Climate and Sustainability Program knew that systemic change was needed and wanted to demonstrate to the wider community at the North Metropolitan Health Service that they could make a difference every day.
Introducing the T Block Recycling Hub!
The Recycling Hub has been created as a one stop shop for T Block’s recycling needs. Using recycled repositories to collect items such as soft plastics, e-waste, bread tags and oral care products, the collected material will be transported to various programs3, 4 that will recycle the material and contribute to a circular economy5 at NMHS.
We encourage you all to think about ways that you can engage in sustainable practices to deal with waste in your workplace – and tell us about it! Visit the NMHS IdeaScale6 community today to share your ideas with us. Up to 10 sustainable ideas will be chosen to feature in the Power of Us July WASTE campaign and will also secure those successful innovative thinkers a place as a Climate and Sustainability Waste IdeaScale Champion.
The changes we make today will lead to a more sustainable NMHS tomorrow.
If one person does their part achieving little changes each day, together we can make a huge impact for the future.
This is the Power of Us.
1: Recycling Facts Australia ♻ Needs To Know In 2022 (Infographic) (waster.com.au) (external site)
2: The state of Australia's recycling - how did we get into this mess? – WWF-Australia (external site)
6: NMHS - by IdeaScale | Trending (external site)