Our Green Museum

The Air Force Museum of New Zealand is the first museum in New Zealand to be awarded the Enviro-Silver standard by Qualmark, New Zealand tourism's official Quality Agency. Here at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand we are committed to sustainability and we now aim to achieve the Enviro-Gold rating in our next Qualmark assessment.

If you have any suggestions on how we can reach the Enviro-Gold rating by being even more environmentally friendly please contact us at marketing@airforcemuseum.co.nz or talk to one of our staff when you next visit.

 

 

 

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Target Sustainability

As part of our ongoing efforts towards sustainability we have signed up with the Christchurch City Council's Target Sustainability programme. Target Sustainability provides free support to help Christchurch businesses become sustainable through reducing waste and being energy and water efficient.

So far we have conducted waste and energy audits and water is next on the list. Our waste audit revealed a whole host of opportunities for us to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. A big thank you to our fantastic staff who volunteered to help with the audit.

Here are some of the recommendations we've implemented so far: increasing the number of recycling bins available for staff, replacing waste bins with paper recycling units at each work station, establishing a Sustainability Team made up of staff from each department, reducing the amount of paper towels going to landfill by replacing them with re-usable cloths, diverting organic waste from landfill... it now goes home to a staff member's chickens and pig!

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We Care

At the Air Force Museum we understand that all activities create environmental and social impacts. We are no exception. Where we have control, and influence, we actively promote ways in which we can minimise adverse effects by reducing waste, being energy efficient, conserving water, recyling materials and providing assistance to our community.

We know that our visitors will respect this position and may even have ideas that can assist us. For more information, ideas we might be able to use or feedback, please talk to our staff. You could also contact Dave Clearwater, Communications Manager on (03) 343 9508 or email at marketing@airforcemuseum.co.nz