Save Money! Little things make a big difference! Environmental Policy Remanufactured Cartridge? Triple Bottom Line! People at ALC	For a couple of decades now, Australians have been acutely aware of the need to rehabilitate our rivers, secure our topsoil, manage our forests and our mining activities as well as maintain the dunes and beaches of our coastline. All admirable pursuits of course, but, in our quest to do something significant to repair our environment, did we lose sight of some of the things we do every day that have such a great impact on our planet? At the 2003 Tasmanian Awards for Environmental Excellence the judges not only awarded some honourable and significant ‘one off’ projects like those mentioned above, but also recognised a smaller project. Although relatively insignificant as a single act the results of this project, when multiplied by widespread everyday occurrences, makes a huge difference to our world. The recipient of that award was us, Australian Laser Charge, and although the receipt of that award has made us proud of what we have done, we also see it as an indication that attitudes are beginning to shift and activities like remanufacturing printer cartridges... or processing plastic waste for re-use... are now recognised as fundamental in the maintenance of this planet. This is after all, ‘conservation’ rather than ‘rehabilitation’... or in more familiar terms, ‘prevention’ rather than ‘cure’. Wouldn’t it be nice if one day awards like these were no longer necessary, as these caring acts became the norm, just because it is the right thing to do?