Waste reduction
Developing or improving your waste management system can save you money, increase the efficiency of your workflow and improve the reputation of your business.
You can easily reduce the amount of waste generated by your business through:
- cleaner production
- responsible processing of hazardous or non-biodegradable substances
- reusing and recycling as many of your resources as possible
- choosing environmentally friendly resources.
What to do...
- Read about waste and recycling on the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts website.
- Find hints and tips to reduce pollution on the National Pollutant Inventory website.
- Go to our environmental planning topic.
- You can contact your council for information on local waste reduction measures. Search our Directory of government & business associations for your council's contact details.
More information...
- Read about Reducing waste on the LivingGreener website.
- See what information is available on waste reduction in your state or territory.
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