GREEN TIPS
Can’t coffee grounds be reused?
Coffee shops are becoming popular places for meetings and gatherings. Coffee grounds generated during
the coffee making process can be collected by tenants in catering business and used as cigarette butt
extinguishers in ashtrays in outdoor smoking areas or used as organic fertilisers for planting.
7.2.2 Recycling strategies
No matter who you are, do a little more by taking the first step as shown below.
Mall operators Individual
retailers/tenants
Shoppers
Provide waste collection bins on each floor of the centre
- an easily accessible area - or in areas dedicated to the
separation, collection and storage of material
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Provide waste collection bins within retail stores
P
Organise and advertise educational recycling programmes
P
Instruct and educate staff to carry out waste separation
P
P
Conduct regular checks to ensure waste is separated properly
P
P
Maintain records of the quantities of waste collected for
recycling and review them continually
P
P
Arrange for a waste collector to pick up the recyclables for
recycling in contract terms
P
P
Donate and/or collect old durable reusable goods, such as
computers, furniture and office equipment etc. to charities or
people in need
P
P
P
Separate recyclables and non-recyclables before disposal
P
P
P
Participate in source separation and waste reduction
programmes organised by the mother shopping mall
P
P
7
Operation maintenance and management
7.2
Recyclables Collection
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