We are trying to make a difference to our planet at The Backpack.
You can rest assured that by choosing to stay with us, you are making a difference as well.
- Our cleaning products are bio-degradable
- The food waste from the kitchen is used to feed our worm farms
- The compost and worm tea from the worm farm is used in our garden and excess is sold and donated to our community project
- Throughout the building you will find colour-coded recycling bins, we have a separate company that collects our recyclable materials
- The garden at the entrance is waterwise
- We support local people by selling their arts and crafts in our community shop
MONTHLY RECYCLING
Our recycling company, Recycle1St, monitors our monthly recycling and sends us a breakdown of what we have recycled.
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PAPER |
PLASTIC |
GLASS |
TIN |
TOTAL |
| Nov 2011 |
136 kg |
55 kg |
379 kg |
28 kg |
598 kg |
| Oct 2011 |
122 kg |
79 kg |
406 kg |
26 kg |
633 kg |
| Sep 2011 |
39 kg |
50 kg |
316 kg |
21 kg |
426 kg |
| Aug 2011 |
61 kg |
59 kg |
317 kg |
23 kg |
460 kg |
| Jul 2011 |
53 kg |
43 kg |
218 kg |
18 kg |
332 kg |
| Jun 2011 |
65 kg |
45 kg |
169 kg |
17 kg |
296 kg |
| May 2011 |
45 kg |
48 kg |
223 kg |
23 kg |
339 kg |
| Apr 2011 |
107 kg |
38 kg |
163 kg |
13 kg |
321 kg |
| Mar 2011 |
92 kg |
51 kg |
206 kg |
22 kg |
371 kg |
| Feb 2011 |
69 kg |
47 kg |
233 kg |
26 kg |
375 kg |
| Jan 2011 |
85 kg |
54 kg |
246 kg |
26 kg |
411 kg |
| Dec 2010 |
63 kg |
44 kg |
189 kg |
23 kg |
319 kg |
| Nov 2010 |
134 kg |
51 kg |
217 kg |
26 kg |
428 kg |
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