Clean Up Australia Day
CUA Day
On Tuesday March 2 (National Business Clean Up Day), CUA celebrated its commitment to changing our environment for the better.
CUA staff from varied divisions in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, including board member Chris Franks, enthusiastically volunteered to help improve the quality of our environment by reducing litter in their respective local areas. We are proud to announce that CUA’s staff involvement grew substantially on last year, with approximately 10% of staff taking part in the 2010 CUA Day activities.
In Brisbane CUA staff cleaned up along banks of the Brisbane River, while the Melbourne staff helped clear up areas along the Yarra. Sydney staff concentrated on Macquarie St and surrounding areas in the CBD. Our CUA Day helpers reported that the most common types of rubbish picked up were plastic bags, packaging and cigarette butts.
Mobile phone recycling
Until 30 April 2010 CUA is offering a mobile telephone recycling service. You can bring in your old mobile to any CUA branch for recycling.
Did you know that over 18 million people in Australia use mobile phones? These are upgraded as often as every 18-24 months for contract phones and every 8 months for pre-paid phones.
Consider what this means for our environment with the shear amount of waste going into our landfills and the toxins from all the phones.
For more information on National Clean up day and the activities available to help you change your environment for the better, visit www.cleanup.org.au.
