Christchurch Eco Green Policy

Christchurch Eco will:

• Aim to minimise the use of all materials, supplies and energy used by the organisation
• Minimise waste produced in all areas of the organisation, reuse and recycle waste where possible, and aim for waste-free processes
• Publicise our environmental position and encourage others we work with to adopt similar environmental policies
• Aim to include environmental and ethical considerations in purchasing and tendering out services
• Minimise the need to travel by car

• Use of both sides of paper wherever possible
• Effective use of IT (including e-mail) to prevent unnecessary printing and duplication (adjusting font sizes and margins to allow documents to fit onto one piece of paper, print preview prior to printing, thorough proofing of large print-runs before printing).
• Minimise printing of meeting papers where possible.

• Purchase of second-hand furniture and similar items whenever feasible
• Saving and reusing envelopes where possible
• Printing draft documents on the back of paper which has already been used on one side

• Recycling all materials where local facilities (free or otherwise) exist
• Collecting toners and cartridges for remanufacturing

• Use of low energy light bulbs
• Use of power-down features on electronic equipment
• Turning off lights and heaters when not needed, and use of adequate insulation
• Use of primary fuels over secondary fuels
• Use of rechargeable batteries in preference to non-rechargeable
• Responsible use of water with minimal wastage

• Purchase of products containing recycled material for office use, Purchase of remanufactured toner cartridges where possible
• Buying in bulk to reduce packaging waste
• Buying in returnable and refillable containers where possible and appropriate.
• Purchase of environmentally friendlier goods where such information exists, for example avoidance of over-processed goods or those unnecessarily bleached or dyed