HEALTH AND BEAUTY
Auckland Climate Plan Goals related to health and beauty
The following are current legislation or Auckland Council Climate Plan goals of relevance to the Health and Beauty industries.
Already Banned
2022 - PVC food trays & containers, all polystyrene takeaway food & drink packaging, plastic drink stirrers, plastic cotton buds,
2023 - Plastic produce bags, plastic plates, bowls, cutlery and straws, plastic produce labels (like fruit stickers)
Incoming Ban 2025
All other PVC and polystyrene food and drink packaging
2030 Aims
Ban single-use coffee cups
Ban single-use wet wipes
Paper/cardboard waste reduced by 30% and 30% of the remaining waste recycled
Retrofit 50% of existing and commercial buildings to a high standard of energy efficiency
Replace 75% of gas heaters in existing commercial buildings with electric heat pumps
Replace 50% of gas water heaters in existing commercial buildings with electric heat pump water heaters
Issues facing the Industries
Hair Salons
Recycling of hair
Waste hair dyes
Foils and blades
Requirement for good lighting of salons
Regular washing of towels
Disposal of gloves used for colouring
Use of large quantities of water
Plastic packaging of many hair products
Chemical cleaning
Air-conditioning
Paper waste with notes/contracts/receipts
Waste from staff food and client drinks
Beauticians
To be determined in 2024
Solutions/Ideas/Links
Reduce paper waste by using both sides for client notes or make notes by ipad
Shred paper and put in compost or use for packaging - ensure staff awareness
Email paperless eftpos receipts to clients
Digitize documents for minimal print
Use a usage bowl to measure colour waste both to reduce and to monetise then put out for landfill instead of pouring away
Virgin hair can be made into wigs or can be composted (breakdown does take a while)
Long hair can be sent to make into wigs
Separate foils, colour tubes, blades and cans for scrap metal
Use on clients and sell a product range that uses green packaging and ingredients
Put reminder stickers on bins for staff awareness and action
Collect compostables and take home or deliver to HCZW
Buy and use reusable cups from second hand stores and use sugar bowls not sugar sachets
Separate coffee grinds, teabags, food scraps
Separate soft plastics
Put your ventilation on a timer to go off at night
Changed light bulbs to LED - also saves power costs
Use enviro friendly capsules for cleaning spray and wipe or refill
Encourage washing bowls in luke warm water for power savings
Recycle hairdryers and where possible get repaired
Use Enjo microfibre cloths (use just water no products)
Donate magazines to hospice/op shops
Reuse necktowels and gloves - no single use
Don’t run the tap continuously when preparing products or cleaning
In warmer seasons open the doors instead of using the air conditioner
Join a share scheme around pick up/drop off of certain products (eg scrap metal) to save time, money and petrol.
Measure your carbon footprint and explore off-setting options, HCZW can assist with this.
Paperless Eftpos
Cost of 4 pack eftpos paper roll from Warehouse Stationary is $4.99
Hospitality: https://www.posbosshq.com/paperless - If in hospitality, moving to a Paperless kitchen order screen will help improve productivity while reducing confusion and paper chaos. The digital docket display solution designed by hospitality for hospitality. Starting at $39 a month for the paperless option.
https://support.eftpos.co.nz/2019/08/05/manage-receipts - You can choose to disable the second 'Merchant' receipt or choose to send receipts by email or not print at all.
Sustainable Salons
Sustainable Salons help salons reduce their impact and up to 95% of their waste. From donating cut hair to charities and organisations using it to help clean the oceans and a big focus on making the most of resources that would otherwise be discarded like hard plastics, foils, other metals, soft plastics, chemicals, razors, e-waste and other materials. There is a one-time set-up fee and an ongoing weekly membership fee, the cost can work out to approx $3 per customer and you can always pass this on to the customer.
https://sustainablesalons.org/about
Enjo Microfibre cleaning cloths
The only cloth you’ll ever need, ENJO’s Fibre Allpurpose Cloth is designed to outperform and outlast all other kitchen cloths and sponges. Quick and easy to use, a kitchen essential for keeping on top of the cleaning without the chemicals.
Note: do not use the back (flat side) of the Allpurpose Cloth for cleaning surfaces and appliances.
Shared drop offs and collections
perhaps share a weekly/monthly collection to drive round, collect items and (depending on frequency, size of collection and where to drop off) for items such as –
Foils/items for scrap metal/tin man for hairdressers
Clothing items from retail
Larger recycle items
Soft plastics
Etc
Larger items, potential for shared trailer across an area or the Peninsula? These actions would save on time, fuel, etc
Solar Panel options
The average cost for a residential grid-connected solar power system in New Zealand is $10,000. According to New Zealand's Electricity Authority, the average-sized solar panel system currently being installed is a 4kW system, roughly 13 solar panels.
Business suggestions could be – If landlord is prepared to pay for the mounting brackets then tenant could pay for solar panels. At the end of a tenancy the landlord would retain the mounting brackets on their roof and the tenant could either offer the solar panels to –
The next tenant
To the Landlord to use and charge accordingly if they wish to the next tenant
Take them with them to any next premise or sell on