Resources

We’ve developed a range of resources to help build Sydney’s reputation as a sustainable destination. 

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)