AREA
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ACTION |
PROGRESS |
| Energy |
Ensure all light switches have carbon trust stickers on; Encourage all staff to switch off PCs and monitors when not in use; Investigate more eco-friendly lightbulbs |
Stickers in place; Introduced LED lights in café bar |
| Recycling |
Continue to recycle all waste office paper in bins outside offices; Look into composting waste food from the café; Introduce recycling bins for bottles; Use ‘Ernie’ to collect waste bottles from Polygon area for recycling, and unwanted items in summer for charities |
Bottle bins now in use; Ernie launched summer 2009. Next bottle collection will be at Christmas time. |
| Sustainable Procurement |
Look into signing up to NUS Sound Ethical Impact scheme to encourage students to buy Fairtrade products; continue to stock Fairtrade products and use Fairtrade tea & coffee in all Union outlets |
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| Travel |
Encourage staff to car pool to and from work, or take public transport; ensure all miles travelled on Union business are travelled on the most sustainable mode of transport |
Representation & Democracy Co-Ordinator and Sales & Marketing Manager car pool to and from work. |
| Printing |
Instead of multiple printers, encourage all staff to print to central photocopier; continue to monitor printing & copying with the aim of reducing the number of copies made |
Transition to using photocopier complete; Printing is monitored by Finance. |