ACTSmart Office Recycling Program

What is it?

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

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

When you sign up to the program, our staff visit your site to explain the program and provide the ACTSmart Office 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 you with educating your staff.

Once you have implemented the program, you will be accredited as an ACTSmart Office and be recognised as an office that is actively recycling.

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ACTSmart Offices

To view the offices that have signed up to the ACTSmart Office program, click here.

Who can apply?

The program is available for Government and non-Government office buildings, including multi-tenanted buildings, in the ACT. Building managers, facilities managers, building owners or tenants may wish to participate in the program. Depending on the nature of your organisation, the ACTSmart Business program may be more appropriate for your situation.

How will the program help my organisation?

Environmental management is good business. Reducing the amount of waste your office sends to landfill can have direct benefits for your organisation, 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 your impact on the environment which can be important to staff 
• helps meet corporate environmental commitments
• provides recognition of your achievements through annual accreditation. 

How do I access it?

To participate in ACTSmart Office, simply complete the Memorandum of Understanding ( 93 kB) and fax or email it to get started.

While participating in the program, you will need to identify an implementation team, 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 a best practice guide, templates, advice and other resources to help you through every step of the process.

ACTSmart Office accreditation

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

This case study from Canberra CBD Pty Ltd (  868 kB), accredited in November 2009, shows how easy easy it is to set up recycling in your office.

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

Find out more

For more information email ACTSmartOffice@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.