![]() ![]() This successful model has grown from a single store in Mundaring to two new stores in Bassendean and Greenwood-in just three years. Providing local and sustainable bulk groceries to customers, without single-use packaging, Wasteless Pantry makes low waste shopping accessible, enjoyable and mainstream. Wasteless Pantry has a zero waste philosophy at the heart of its business model. The invention identifies a recyclable item-including paper, HDPE plastics, PET plastics, cans and glass-using barcodes, before applying credit to the student’s canteen card. The ‘Swap Machine’ uses an iPad, two scanners and a motion detector within a Lego Frame. The eight-year-olds created a device which rewards their classmates for recycling and actively encourages students to divert recyclable materials from landfill. Perth College Junior School students, Nina Prado and Amelie Harrison, have created a unique solution to engaging primary age students in recycling and tackling waste. HIGHLY COMMENDED: Nina Prado and Amelie Harrison Working with the school catering provider, she helped the school move to more sustainable BioPak packaging and reusable cups for the school café. Sacha organised a school-wide waste audit and coordinated the introduction of paper recycling and a central recycling centre for frequently wasted items, such as pens and batteries. In her role as Environmental Captain at Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Year 12 student Sacha Winter has taken a lead in implementing a number of sustainable initiatives to reduce the amount of waste produced by her school. As a consequence, Pam has improved waste practices at her complex-decreasing waste sent to landfill by 50 per cent. A ‘share zone’ for working but unwanted goods was established and unclaimed items-such as bicycles-were donated to local charities. Pam set out to demonstrate the benefits of positive recycling to tenants, setting up a community garden with shared compost bins, worm farms and chickens. Pam tackled pre-existing problems at the complex, including overflowing landfill bins and contaminated recycling as well as addressing isolated incidents of careless waste disposal, such as on tenant move-out days. She has created a sustainability programme to improve the waste disposal habits of residents. Pam Van Effrink is the caretaker of a 76-unit apartment complex in West Perth. Jo has capitalised on growing consumer concern about where food comes from, winning a gold award at the Perth Royal Agricultural Show and providing support for Carnarvon farmers. Bumbak’s Preserves and Ice Creams has bought 36 tonnes of fresh mango, banana, tomato, chilli and capsicum, turning it into award winning products for sale. Working with local growers, Jo rescued fruit and vegetables deemed too unappealing for sale in supermarkets-using produce which would have otherwise been dumped and left to rot. The initiative is driven by efficiency, shifting from multiple waste collection contractors to just one provider working from a centralised waste collection site to allow greater control over its waste management and more accurate reporting.Īfter seeing up to 60 per cent of all fresh grown produce go to waste in Carnarvon’s horticultural district, Jo Bumbak decided to take action. Through its Recycle90 programme, the hotel is on track to recycle 90 per cent of the waste generated by its Perth operation by 2020, diverting 77 per cent in 2017/18 alone. This includes the first commercial application of an entirely WiFi controlled LED lighting and energy tracking system, eliminating all ‘single-use’ plastics from the kitchen and delivering 100 per cent of the restaurant’s organic waste back into the nutrient cycle.Ĭrown Perth boasts one of the largest recycling systems in Australia and is able to process 20 separate waste streams-from playing cards to used hotel soap and mattresses. Driven by co-founder Darryl Naidu, New Normal has embraced new and emerging technology to efficiently manage and track resource usage and waste production to minimise the impact on the environment. ![]() New Normal Bar + Kitchen is at the cutting edge of environmental sustainability within WA’s hospitality sector. WINNER: New Normal Bar + Kitchen Subiaco restaurant ![]()
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