SIFT Trustee Dixon McIvor
SIFT Trustee Dixon McIvor is a long standing member of the recycling industry and the owner of a local commercial recycling operation Resource Recycling Technologies NZ Limited. Here are his answers to our Green Collar Jobs Q & A.
1. What do you do to live more sustainably (with a low impact) in your life?
I sort out the rubbish better at home and recycle more.
2. How do you live more sustainably at work?
Think before printing emails and other online correspondence.
3. What do you think is the biggest environmental issue we need to deal with in Christchurch/New Zealand?
Home Insulation.
4. What makes you smile?
My grandchildren.
5. What is your biggest pet peeve?
Supermarket plastic bags.
6. What is your favourite colour and why?
Blue (like the flag of Scotland)
7. Do you have a favourite place in the world? Describe why?
Marlborough Sounds (you need to go there to understand why).
8. What is your connection to SIFT?
Board of Trustees member.
9. Do you remember your favourite teacher and why they were your favourite?
Mr Thorpe (Standard Four, Linwood Ave Primary School)
10. What do you want to leave behind?
Happy Children.
11. What do you think the future will bring?
More wars and more sadness.
12. Who is someone you really admire and why?
John Key because he is a self-made man.
13. What is happening outside your window right now?
Nothing (it’s lunchtime).
14. What is your favourite breakfast?
Meusli and fruit.
15. What is the best piece of advice you can give us?
Learn to live and respect each other.
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