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? Jackson stores catch sustainability bug
? Bus service for poverty-stricken suburbs
? Old Bill keeps grass smooth at defunct club
? Eastbourne carnival spilling into the streets
? Is there a bowls club in heaven?
? Smoke and strobe give Eastbourne spin on Seuss
? Tears and hugs after 24-hour ride
? ?Why would they steal from us??
? Empire?s future in limbo
? Hutt health board hires twice as many managers as docs
? Jackson Street Mile could win Olympic support
? Rotary fair dodges bureaucratic bullet ? for now

Jackson stores catch sustainability bug
By Marika Hill

Small businesses are working with Hutt City Council to spread the sustainability bug in Jackson Street. The council sponsored an initial sustainable business audit for Copy Express, Take Care, Chow and Scintilla in July. The scheme offered small companies a chance to take on more sustainable business practices with an eye to a long-term plan for the wider business community, Take Care's manager Nina Larisch-Haider said she signed on because she wants her holistic store to make long-term changes which benefit the environment. Since the audit she has asked suppliers to not use chemicals, and tries to source organic, New Zealand-made products. ?We recycle our paper, we don?t give out new bags. ?All our glass will be recycled. ?I approached every supplier to change their packaging.? Her one complaint was the lack of large recycling containers in Petone, causing extra costs and inconvenience for her business. Copy Express manager Jeff Orr said he has become more interested in sustainability in recent years and jumped at an opportunity to get involved in a green initiative. He now ensures all his paper is sourced from renewable forests, rather than rain forests. He also switches off the lights, copiers and computers at the end of the day. Jackson Street Programme manager Robert Hutton said getting the community involved in the sustainable movement is great for the area. ?It gives (Petone] a point of difference. ?They are all quite diverse businesses. ?If they?re doing it, other people round see it?s a worthwhile cause.? The council will soon be talking to the businesses for feedback on the scheme. It will then decide whether to support another sustainability assessment in July 2009.

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