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KESAB's John Phillips and Adelaide Lord Mayor Stephen YarwoodLate night littering in Adelaide’s entertainment precincts is being tackled from the ‘footpath up’ in a campaign launched this week on the city’s sidewalks.

Supported by KESAB, Adelaide City Council is embarking on an Australian-first anti-litter message to urge late night revelers to dispose of litter responsibly around Hindley Street and Gouger Street.

Starting this week a total of 45 bins around high pedestrian night traffic zones like Hindley and Gouger streets will be wrapped with bright red panels on all 4 sides with positive and enticing messages pasted on the surrounding footpath.

Research carried out for KESAB came back with the “usual excuses” from litterers as they wandered around city nightspots. The findings by research company Square Holes included:

  • Night owls in the CBD are largely unconcerned with littering.
  • It was noted that different patterns of littering were observed by night and by day.
  • And that offenders use the excuse of “insufficient bins” being available as a rationale for littering.
  • Adelaide City Council is committed to keeping the city streets clean and safe for the whole community to enjoy,” Lord Mayor Stephen Yarwood said.

“We are proud to be partnering with KESAB to tackle litter in our busiest night spots and encourage city goers to do the right thing when it comes to putting rubbish in the bin.

“This simple and innovative campaign fits precisely with Council and KESAB’s stated objective of encouraging use of litter bins and it is a low cost option that suits Council well.

“Putting rubbish in the bin should be a simple, automatic action that everyone should follow and goes a long way in keeping our streets clean and protecting the environment.”

KESAB Chief Executive John Phillips said littering offenders often claim they didn’t see a bin. “We are dealing with ademographic who are largely unmotivated to dispose of litter properly, a group who are hard to connect with through usual forms of advertising, so we needed to consider unconventional options,” Mr Phillips said.

“The reality is that most Council litter bins are indeed painted a nice dark environmental green – acceptable for daytime use but hard to see at night in entertainment areas.

“The option was to change the colour of the bins and come up with something quirky and challenging to make sure night visitors to the city actually see the litter bin and get a message on the spot to do the right thing,” said John Phillips.

KESAB will monitor the campaign and compare the impact with bins used in other streets.

For media enquiries for Lord Mayor Stephen Yarwood contact Naomi Marsh on n.marsh@adelaidecitycouncil.com or 8203 7446 or 0448 665 434

For KESAB Media assistance, Mike O’Reilly, 0414 882 505

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Adelaide printer specialist Domain Technologies has announced its appointment as a Lanier-Ricoh Authorised Copier Dealer for South Australia.

Domain Technologies promotes itself as a one-stop shop for all business IT hardware and supplies, with one of Australia's largest ranges of IT products and peripherals at the lowest prices.

Established in 2001, Domain Technologies has built strong relationships with many of Australia's leading printer vendors including HP, Lexmark, Samsung, Canon and Fuji Xerox.

Company founder and Document Solutions Manager Peter Foulger said the Lanier-Ricoh dealership extended Domain’s ability to meet the needs of its customer. “Our goal is to provide what the customer wants, both in terms of performance and price,” he said.

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Klaus BartoschExecutive Chairman of 1stAvailable.com.au, charity cyclist and cancer survivor Klaus Bartosch will this week travel halfway round the world to ride 260km in Canada’s Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer.

Klaus, well known for his successful tenure at Hostworks, in August last year embraced cycling a great way to raise money and awareness for the fight against cancer by joining the inaugural Rio Tinto Ride to Conquer Cancer. Prior to preparing for this ride he had never ridden more than 5klm in his life!

In a 240km ride over two days, Klaus led a 15-strong team of cyclists that raised $50,000 toward cancer research. In total, 1366 riders took part in the Brisbane event, raising $4.7m – and breaking the Queensland fundraising record in the process.

Klaus’ team is now called Vision Crusaders, which will again raise many thousands of dollars in this year’s Rio Tinto Ride to Conquer Cancer, in August.

However, first, Klaus will travel to the Canadian fundraising ride to contribute his enthusiasm and energy to promote awareness of the event. Already, he has been invited to appear, with his bike gear, on the Morning Live Show of Toronto TV station CHCH on June 7 http://www.chch.com/index.php/morning-live-blog/itemlist.

 

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Impress Media Australia has completed the $100,000 “green” renovation of its office building in Norwood by installing 26 solar panels on its northern roof.

The 4.94-kilowatt system, comprising an array of 26 190-watt Suntech photovoltaic panels and an SMA SunnyBoy 5000TL inverter, is expected to pay for itself through reduced power costs within five years.

As well as producing power for offices in the 120-year old, six-room Norwood villa, the solar system will feed electricity to the South Australian grid during weekends and public holidays.

Impress Media Australia is an Adelaide-based public relations agency that specialises in providing media communication services for technology companies and fast-growing businesses.

Impress Media Australia founder and managing director John Harris said the solar panels were the final stage of a renovation project that started when he bought the property in 1999. “We’ve turned a drafty old building into a state-of-the-art office,” he said.

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