Melissa Lecocq - TBS Hay Street Store, Perth showing a typical amount of recycling rubbish they take home every night.I just got back from a trip to Perth, where I got to speak to our Perth Store Managers and introduce Roger Cook, the National President of ANTaR, to them. Roger briefed our staff about the upcoming in-store campaign "Racism Makes Me Sick" (Stay tuned).
Maybe it's my home state biased but I think we should give credit to the sandgropers for more than just good footy players, great beaches and sunny weather. Out of all the states it was WA that sold the largest percentage of Get Lippy special edition Lip Butters which raised money for Staying Alive to prevent HIV.
I visited the Hay St & Murray St Mall stores with instructions to talk to staff about their "recycling issues". They haven't had their recycling picked up for several months. Apparently our recycling collection company blamed the Perth City Council, stating they weren't allowed to drive into the malls anymore. Don't worry, I'm currently 'on the case' (and on first inspection I don't think it really is the council's fault!)
Congratulations The Body Shop Hay Street!
The point of my story is really to congratulate the Hay Street Store for overcoming this obstacle to live out The Body Shop's value of protecting our planet. I'm so impressed that each day a staff member takes the store's recycling rubbish home with them to add to their own recycling bins! They could have easily stopped recycling and said "too hard" but instead, they've taken personal responsibility and the environmental high ground.
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Planet Ark has a very useful website to help you in all your recycling missions: www.recyclingnearyou.com.au
Adam Valvasori - Values Manager
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