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Become a Waitakere Eco rep

Become a Waitakere Eco rep. see what you can do. Manage classroom rubbish better!. Get staff/students to use classroom rubbish bins for non- recyclable materials – not food, paper, plastics and metals. How about:

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Become a Waitakere Eco rep

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  1. Become a Waitakere Eco rep see what you can do

  2. Manage classroom rubbish better! • Get staff/students to use classroom rubbish bins for non- recyclable materials – not food, paper, plastics and metals. • How about: • taking a few minutes before class starts to talk about where recyclable things can be deposited? • providing progress reports to staff/students on the amount of recyclables going into to classroom rubbish bins?

  3. Join the Twin Streams Project! The Twin Streams Community Project has have guardianship over the part of the streams closest to Unitec. How about: Engaging in clean-ups of the Unitec stream area, perhaps by having a canoe kayak fun event to support the cleanup?

  4. Recycle plastic bags and batteries! Get a plastic bag and battery recycling station going at Waitakere. How about: Working with Facilities Management to create a space for plastic bag and battery recycling (publicise it, monitor its use, and provide progress reports for our Good News notice boards)?

  5. No more Disposable cups and dishes! • How about: • Identifying when cups/plates/cutlery are being used at functions and just thrown away so we can educate on options for change? • Checking ecofriendly dishwashing products are used? we’ll be doing more washing up! • Contains >30% Phosphates

  6. Get Unitec on its bike! How about: Finding out what bike amenities we’ve got (racks, showers, storage, drying area, etc) and what we need?

  7. Save power and water! How about: Developing and implementing a checklist to monitor power and water usage (e.g. lights, computers left on, wasteful automatic taps)? Encouraging refillable water bottles?

  8. keep your coffee cup! How about: Always using reusable cups/bottles? Asking cafes to sell reusable cups? Suggesting cafes offer a discount or incentive for doing this? Getting our cafes to sign up at www.consciousconsumers.org.nz? Supporting cafes that give discounts?

  9. Join a local community garden! Waitakere has 8 community gardens How about: Learning how to grow organic food? Connecting with your local community? Having cheap healthy food? Massey Community Garden

  10. Do Ecosustainability Surveys! What do Unitec students think about & want from Ecosustainability? How about: Surveying students about their views? Running the results in a poster campaign?

  11. Car Pool or Catch a Bus! How about Setting up a car pooling Moodle page? Catching a bus or train? Save on transport costs

  12. Co-ordinate Eco-reps How about HoaniWaititiKapaHaka Group Organising meetings of eco-reps, sending out information, putting people in touch with each other

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