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.
| PAPER | PLASTIC | GLASS | TIN | TOTAL | |
| Jan 2012 | 119 kg | 91 kg | 350 kg | 32 kg | 592 kg |
| Dec 2011 | 78 kg | 68 kg | 292 kg | 22 kg | 460 kg |
| Nov 2011 | 136 kg | 55 kg | 379 kg | 28 kg | 598 kg |
| Oct 2011 | 122 kg | 79 kg | 407 kg | 26 kg | 634 kg |
| Sep 2011 | 30 kg | 38 kg | 238 kg | 16 kg | 322 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 |
