8 Waste

The 2006/7 inventory indicated that waste to landfill accounts for approximately 4% of the Ministry’s greenhouse gas emissions.

8.1 Initiatives already undertaken:

Paper recycling in all national office buildings via confidential destruction service.

Recycling of plastics, metals and glass in two national office buildings in Wellington, composting in another court building.

All unwanted furniture from Wellington offices is collected by ‘Earthlink’ for refurbishment and redistribution to the charitable sector.

8.2 Waste Action Plan for 2007/08

Action	Responsibility	Start Date	Measure of Success
Incremental introduction of a new 3 stream (Compost, Recycling and waste) waste minimisation programme in Wellington offices where practical.	Sustainability project Manager/ Local Sustainability Reps	July 2008	Reduction in tonnage sent to landfill revealed in annual audit.
Incremental introduction of recycling facilities for paper, glass, cardboard, metal and plastics in all Ministry buildings with 20 or more FTE staff.	Sustainability project Manager /Local Sustainability Reps	July 2008	Reduction in tonnage sent to landfill revealed in annual audit.
Work with IT decommissioning agents to recycle all usable IT equipment from Wellington offices	System Administrator - IT Procurement	March 2008	Redirection of usable decommissioned equipment to charity sector

8.3 2012 Targets

Reduce the tonnage of waste per FTE sent to landfill from Ministry offices in Wellington by 30% by 2012.

All Ministry buildings with over 20 FTE staff will have paper, cardboard, plastics, glass and metal recycling facilities in them by 2012.

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