Meryl Crawford
Environmental
Control Officer

Environmental Awareness at Ian Weigh Motors

At Ian Weigh Motors there is a strong commitment from all staff, in terms of looking after the environment. Recycling is an extremely important aspect of this commitment.

Our Environmental Control Officer Meryl Crawford is responsible for the co-ordination of the following recycling activities that are participated in daily by all Ian Weigh Motors staff members.

Recyclable/Reusable Material	What we do with these items
Aluminium Cans	Cans are submitted to Just Scrap It Pty Ltd for reuse.
Milk & Juice Plastic Bottles (Codes1,2,5)	Submit to The Rockhampton City Council for recycling.
Paper	Scrap Paper is schredded and is either used in our Despatch Department as packing material or is submitted to The Rockhampton City Council for recycling. Unshredded Scrap Paper still in good condition is donated to local Day Care Centres.
Cardboard Boxes	Boxes are either submitted to the Rockhampton City Council for Recycling or are re-used as packing materials in our Despatch Department.
Scrap Metal Pieces from our workshops	Metal Pieces are submitted to Just Scrap It Pty Ltd for reconditioning and reuse.
Used Batteries	Batteries are submitted to Just Scrap It Pty Ltd for recycling.
Key Rings for both New & Used Vehicle Departments	Continually Re-used by Ian Weigh Motors.
Wooden Pellets from Parts Packaging	Submitted to The Rockhampton City Council for recycling.
Ink & Toner Cartridges	Recycled using Planet Ark Reycling Boxes.
Paper Car Floor Mats from our Service Departments	Submitted to the Rockhampton City Council for Recycling.
Used Envelopes	Re-used for Internal Mail between the Rockhampton & Yeppoon Dealerships.
Newspapers/Magazines	Submitted to the Rockhampton City Council for Recycling.

As Environmental Control Officer Meryl is also responsible for the following tasks:

To raise this Dealership’s focus on a ‘Green’ working environment.
To develop environmental policies and procedures.
To investigate new environmental policies.
To monitor the progress of new environmental policies.
To conduct audits of existing environmental policies.
To issue warnings for non-adherence to environmental policies.

On top of these environmentally friendly focused activities Ian Weigh Motors in partnership with the Rockhampton City Council assists in the co-ordination of Rockhampton’s National Tree Day activities. National Tree Day is an Australian environmental initiative aimed at promoting community planting of native trees and shrubs. It is organised by Planet Ark in association with Toyota and AMP foundation. 2007 marks the 8th year that Toyota has been a major presenting partner of National Tree Day.

Last year more than 316,000 Australians supported National Tree Day, including 250,000 school children. They planted 1.6 million trees, shrubs and grasses at 3,600 sites. Ian Weigh Motors was one of the 145 Toyota Dealers who helped to achieve this exceptional result. On Sunday 29th July 2007, Australians will come together once again to plant native trees in their local areas. The School’s Tree Day will be held two days earlier on Friday 27th July 2007. Both of these days will be held at Col Austin Park - situated adjacent to Moores Creek Road (opposite the North Rockhampton Cemetery).