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UCSA Sustainability (Managers Meetings (Josh (Canta & Media) (General…

- - - - Inquiring about paper
    - - Streamlining print
    - - Further & Continuous reductions
    - - Ideal: paperless but not realistic
      - Other publications like club guides etc cant be problematic
      - Office, heating seems inefficient
      - Digital could be more comprehensive
  - - - Planting
      - Cleaning products
    - - Garden w/ fruit etc
      - Composting / suitable waste systems
      - Eco cleaning products implemented.
    - - Continued waste reduction
      - Regular re-evaluation
    - - Waste seperation: can UC provide bins?
      - Eco friendly washing alternatives
      - Paper: continue to be mindful and think about recycling.
      - Nappies, Recycling/composting
      - Education: New books etc
      - Waste:
        
        Lunch boxes & Water bottles
      - Planting Day: Feb
  - - - Packaging
    - - Packaging - All composted
      - Coffee Cup library trialed
    - - Continued re-evaluation of packaging
      - Within kitchens, continuous refinement etc
    - - Paper
        
        Projected agendas, invoices
      - Education
        
        Canta, UCTV etc
      - Re-usability:
        
        Undercroft only has one dishwasher / very limiting
        
        People BYO containers is a no go for $2 rice etc due to hygeine problems
      - Currently talking to Bidvest about packaging, looking at alternatives, all about cost.
  - - - Plastic cups - 4-7000 for a big event - have to supply for water
      - Straws, big decrease, alternatives?
      - polycarb not ideal
      - Waste:
        
        In bar seperation
        
        Wheelie bins going
        
        Food waste is problematic - pig bins?
        
        UC seperation?
      - 2 Big, unsorted skips per week - no recycling - $800 per fortnight
  - - - Planting w/ help from Exec
      - Help parents move from plastic food wrapping
      - General sustainability education for kids.
    - - Lighting
      - Planting
    - - General electricity reduction
      - Educated families
    - - Lots of disposable packaging from kids
      - Composting?
      - Electricity
        
        Lots of washing & heating
        
        ~$1000 per month
        
        Lighting, Why not LED?
      - Nappies, used to get collected for composting but not happening anymore
      - Recycling cloths w/ young & old kids
      - Cleaning products, could use natural products but not that easy.
  - - - Continuously looking @ sustainable options
    - - Not much to do
      - Ipads?
      - Pharmacists are happy to help offer sustainable options ie menstrual cups at cheaper rates
      - Recycling done by the team individually
- - - - Working with UC to develop a comprehensive composting system, ideally internally but if not a vast improvement on current systems
  - - - Work with UC to get this implemented
    - - This is an excellent opportunity for us to build an initial relationship with the ELC and make a tangible difference in the kids lives as the majority of the planting will be vegetable which can be continually cultivated and eaten by them
    - - Main impact is Canta, Josh currently looking into more sustainable paper/printing methods
    - - Continuing our journey to make all packaging compostable which will create a much stronger business case for an in house composter at UC.
    - - Encapsulate goal to continuously evaluate practices in order to continue movement towards sustainability
- - - - Minimse single use things in giveaways etc (sponsorship?)
      - Replace single use sauce things with bulk stuff on counters
      - Include tips in Canta
      - Have eco clubs help by popular bins during O-week
      - Kitchen staff training
      - Use UCSA & UC marketing to educate students (videos etc)
    - - Cleaner the paper the greater the discount
      - Confusion in kitchens about food waste
      - Students sort all their stuff into one pile and then throw it all in landfill
      - Large portion of waste is soft plastic (recyclable?)
      - Organics waste costs less to dispose of than landfill (charges to UC)
      - People confused about $2 rice containers
      - Only 54% of recycle bin waste was recyclable, rest contaminated
      - 43% of landfill bin waste actually organics
      - Only 56% of landfill bin waste actually landfillable