ACTSmart Business Recycling Program

Assistance and accreditation for efficient waste management and recycling for businesses.

What is it?

ACTSmart Business is a FREE program to assist your business to put more efficient recycling and waste management into action.

The program takes the hard work out of recycling with an easy 10-step program.

When you sign up to the program, our staff visit your site to explain the program and provide the ACTSmart Business Best Practice Guide to help you implement the program easily and effectively. Our staff can also provide advice as you work through the guide and help with educating your staff.

Once you have implemented the program, you will be accredited as an ACTSmart Business and be recognised as a business which is actively recycling.

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ACTSmart Businesses

To view the businesses that have signed up to the ACTSmart Business program, click here.

Who can apply?

The ACTSmart Business recycling program is available to any business in the ACT. Depending on the nature of your business, the ACTSmart Office recycling program may be more appropriate for your situation.

How will the program help my business?

Environmental management is good business. Reducing the amount of waste your business sends to landfill can have direct benefits for business, staff and the bottom line. Here are some of the advantages:

• can reduce costs – sending waste to a recycling centre is 50% cheaper than tipping at the landfill
• reduces impacts on the environment which can be very important to your staff
• helps meet corporate environmental commitments
• provides customer recognition of your achievements through annual accreditation.

How do I access it?

To participate in ACTSmart Business simply complete the Memorandum of Understanding ( 93 kB)and fax or email it to get stated today.

While participating in the program, you will need to identify an implementation coordinator, conduct simple waste audits, develop a waste management plan, educate your staff, and monitor and report on your progress.

It costs nothing to participate and we provide the 10-step guide, templates, advice and other resources to help you through every step of the process.

ACTSmart Business accreditation

After completing the ACTSmart Business program you can apply to join the growing number of businesses with ACTSmart Business accreditation. When you achieve accreditation, we will provide promotional material (logos and stickers) and an accreditation certificate so you so you can advertise your success.

This case study from the National Convention Centre ( 701 kB) accredited in May 2010, shows how easy it is to set up recycling in your business.

Outstanding achievements were also recognised in the 2011 ACTSmart Business and Office Recycling Awards.

Find out more

For more information email ACTSmartBusiness@act.gov.au or call Canberra Connect on 13 22 81.

The Business and Office Recycling Directory (BORD)  (546.7 KB) can help you find companies offering a range of recycling services in the ACT