• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Macarthur Veterinary Group

Your family pet is in safe hands

  • Home
  • About
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Opening Hours
    • Testimonials
    • Our History
    • Our Team
    • Facilities & Equipment
    • In The Community
    • Sustainability
  • Our Team
    • Partners
    • Veterinarians
    • Specialists & Consultants
    • Nurses
    • Administration
    • Careers
  • Services
    • Preventative Health Care
      • Annual Health Checks
      • Vaccinations
      • Heartworm Protection
      • Flea, Tick & Worm Control
      • Microchipping
    • Medical and Surgical Services
      • Desexing
      • Surgery
      • Dentistry
      • Dermatology
      • Wildlife & Rescue
      • Senior Pets
    • Emergencies
    • Facilities & Equipment
      • Endoscopy
      • In-house Laboratory
      • Radiology
      • Surgical Suites
      • Ultrasonography
    • Puppy Preschool
    • Cat Boarding
    • Behaviour Consultations
    • Dietary Advice
    • Pet Insurance
  • Contact
    • Bradbury
    • Camden
    • Gregory Hills
    • Mount Annan
    • Review Us Online
  • Pet Care
    • Blog
    • Articles
    • Downloads
    • Email Newsletters
    • Preventative Health Care
    • Dog Care
    • Cat Care
    • Rabbit Care
    • Ferret Care
Sustainability
You are here: Home / About Us / Sustainability

Sustainability

Our Environmental Policy

Everyone at Macarthur Veterinary Group is committed to environmental conservation. The management team is aware of the various effects that our business could potentially have and have taken numerous measures to minimise our impact on the environment.

Our ultimate aims in this regard are to:

  • Comply with all environmental legislation
  • Minimise our waste production/disposal
  • Minimise our use of non-renewable resources
  • Encourage our staff and clients to also live by these principles

Specific measures that we have taken to achieve these aims include…

  • Staff are instructed to always recycle and do other things to minimise environmental impact.
  • The installation of digital radiography equipment has significantly improved our environmental footprint: harmful chemicals are no longer used in the development of our x-rays and the reduced exposure times greatly reduces the radiation to both pets and staff.
  • Our environmental policy includes practical and specific guidelines for staff in environmental practices. Like many of our policies, our environmental policy is subject to open review by staff which encourages them to take ownership of the policy and potentially introduce other environmental initiatives of their own.
  • Training and guidance of staff in environmental practices is ongoing, through staff meetings/minutes and internal newsletters.
  • Recycling of paper and cardboard materials. All recyclable materials are regularly collected and recycled by an independent contractor. Separate bins for paper recycling are placed at various locations inside the clinics.
  • Staff are encouraged and constantly reminded by management to recycle ALL paper and cardboard, no matter how small!
  • Recycling of glass and plastic products – the clinic generates very little glass and plastic waste, being mostly of a personal nature such as food packaging. Staff are encouraged to wash and reuse or recycle all containers.
  • Our surgical equipment is always sterilised after each surgery following veterinary best practice procedures and disposable medical and surgical items such as syringes, needles, suture materials and other medical disposables are never re-used.
  • All syringes and sharps are collected for responsible disposal by our external laboratory.
  • All printer cartridges are returned to our supplier for recycling.
  • Duplex (double-sided) is our default setting for all printers across all clinics.
  • Emails are used for communication rather than facsimile or hard documentation.
  • We encourage the use of electronic communication by our suppliers (laboratory, specialists etc.) to enable us to attach their reports directly to clients’ electronic files rather than retaining hard copies of communication regarding patients.
  • Local residents provide us with clean old newspapers and towels for use as insulation in our hospital cages.
  • Our gardens are planted with drought-tolerant native plants to reduce our water usage.
  • To help us “be green” please provide us with your email address or mobile phone number so that we can reduce paper use by emailing or texting your pet’s reminders.

Primary Sidebar

Latest News

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update – 24th June 2020

24 June 2020

Throughout the Covid isolation period,  Macarthur Vet Group has been committed to providing you with the services you want and need for your pets.  Although the government has now eased …

Continue Reading

Meet Chisel the Puppy!

11 June 2020

We’d like to introduce everyone to Chisel!  Chisel is a gorgeous male Golden Retriever puppy.  Over the course of the next few months, we are going to give you a glimpse into his puppy life, …

Continue Reading

Puppy Mischief!

18 February 2021

In one of our earlier blogs titled “Puppy Proofing”, we discussed how Chisel’s owners erected some wooden fencing and mesh to protect their gardens from a mischievous puppy!  Well we’re here to …

Continue Reading

Chisel’s Family Reunion!

4 February 2021

So much puppy love!  Late in January, Chisel was very fortunate to have a little family reunion gathering at the local dog park.  Most of Chisel’s brothers and sisters were there!  …

Continue Reading

Phone Outage

2 February 2021

On Wednesday 3rd February from 4am-6am (Syd/Melb time zone), there will be a disruption of our phone and voicemail service, due to a system upgrade. If you have an emergency and need urgent …

Continue Reading

Quick Links

  • Emergency Information
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Opening Hours
  • Review Us Online
  • Careers & Work Experience

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Follow Us

Footer

Bradbury

75 Jacaranda Ave, Bradbury NSW 2560
Book an appointment Call 02 4627 1333

Camden

6 Ironbark Avenue, Camden
Book an appointment Call 02 4655 7664

Gregory Hills

2/13 Rodeo Road, Gregory Hills
Book an appointment Call 02 4648 3588

Mount Annan

Unit 17/2-4 Main St, Mount Annan
Book an appointment Call 02 4647 7722

Copyright © 2021 Macarthur Veterinary Group · Terms of Use · Privacy Policy · Website by Provet