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We’ve developed a range of resources to help build Sydney’s reputation as a sustainable destination.
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Food waste
Procurement
Toolkit
Waste
Research
Policies
Your Business is Food (NSW EPA)
(PDF 694 KB)
‘Wise Up On Waste’ Toolkit (Unilever)
(PDF 4 MB)
Your Workplace Without Waste (WRAP)
The Green List
CitySwitch Green Procurement resources
Waste less recycle more
CitySwitch waste resources
Fighting Food Waste in Hotels (WWF)
(PDF 11 MB)
BUFFET – a food waste initiative (PATA)
(PDF 5 MB)
National Food Waste Strategy (Commonwealth of Australia, 2017)
The Business Case for Reducing Food Waste – Hotels (World Resource Institute 2017)
Wasted: How America is losing up to 40% of its food from farm to fork to landfill (NRDC 2017)
EU Refresh (Refresh, 2018)
Reducing Food Waste by Changing the Way Consumers Interact with Food (Rockerfeller Foundation 2017)
Estimating quantities and types of food waste at the city level (NRDC 2017)
Delivering action on Waste (WRAP 2018)
Hospitality and Food Services (WRAP, 2018)
Procuring for Sustainable Accommodation
Take the Pledge
Hotel Decarbonisation
Icons at Risk: Climate Change and Tourism
(PDF 3 MB)
Building the Business Case for Sustainable Procurement
(PDF 4 MB)
Know your materials
(PDF 465 KB)
Top tips
(PDF 2 MB)
Takeaway containers
(PDF 2 MB)
Takeaway coffee cups
(PDF 1 MB)
Single use items
(PDF 466 KB)
Plastic straws
(PDF 2 MB)
Plastic cups
(PDF 2 MB)
Plastic bags
(PDF 1 MB)
Know your waste streams
(PDF 342 KB)
Hospitality consumables
(PDF 985 KB)
Disposable cutlery
(PDF 1 MB)
SDP Food roadmap
(PDF 634 KB)
SDP progress report 2019
(PDF 5 MB)
SDP roadmap
(PDF 634 KB)
SDP progress report 2020
(PDF 2 MB)
SDP progress report 2021
(PDF 2 MB)
2019 Results infographic
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(PDF 675 KB)
Best practice waste management checklist
(PDF 207 KB)
Case study: Hotel furniture recycling
(PDF 170 KB)
Food waste management plan template
(PDF 761 KB)
Business case guidance for food waste avoidance
(PDF 2 MB)
Food waste avoidance recommendations
(PDF 468 KB)
