| Environmental aspect |
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| Energy |
- Manly Dance has selected equipment with EnergyStar capability
- implemented measures to reduce energy consumption (including no lights left on after hours)
- Manly Dance’s lights are compact fluorescent lightbulbs or LED lights, which minimise energy consumption
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| Waste |
- Manly Dance is committed to recycling of bottles, cans and paper
- all used printer cartridges are recycled
- computer equipment returned to manufacturer for reuse/recycling
- most correspondence undertaken in PDF format to minimise paper consumption and capability to save
emails and other electronic documents to the hard drive, reducing the need for printing and storage of hardcopy correspondence.
- waste audits are conducted to measure types and volumes of waste, and set targets for improvements
- following a waste audit it was determined that 50% of waste was produced by paper hand towels. Paper towels have been replaced by cotton towels.
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| Paper |
- Manly Dance will stream recycling of paper and cardboard
- use only recycled paper for office use
- where possible, Manly Dance promotional material will be produced on recycled paper
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| Water |
- Manly Dance will conduct regular checks of plumbing fittings to minimise leaks
- water flow restrictors have been installed to reduce water flow and safe water
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Manly Dance receives recognition at the Manly Council Sustainable Business Awards |
