According to the Food Standards Agency (FSA), in the UK, we throw away seven million tonnes of food and drink from our homes every year, the majority of which could have been eaten. In addition, WRAP research shows that the UK manufacturing and retail sector wastes 1.9 million tonnes of food and drink a year; … Continued
It seems to have become the norm to deride plastics and condemn them as bad for the environment. It perhaps started with Blue Planet 2, then there was the UK Government’s 25-Environmental Plan and now the EU plastic strategy meaning the story is gathering pace. Unfortunately, there can be a danger of trying to tackle … Continued
Happy New Year. We hope 2017 was a good one for you and wish you all the best for 2018. The New Year often involves making a clean start, which is highly appropriate for one of our business divisions in particular – Janitorial. Professional cleaners and janitorial staff play a vital role in keeping workplaces … Continued
Preventing waste makes good business sense. For commercial organisations revenue is generated not just by the money saved from sending waste to landfill and the associated charges involved, but from the waste itself. Using materials more efficiently, and managing waste better enables manufacturers to reduce costs, make money and decrease the environmental impact. Defra’s UK … Continued
The British Institute of Facilities Management is due to publish its annual survey into sustainability this month, showing just how seriously the FM profession is taking the increasing demand for sustainable business Like many industries, the facilities management (FM) sector is striving to make more efficient use of resources and reduce waste. Facilities managers are ideally … Continued
Last month’s Recycle Week shared the message ‘Recycling – It’s Worth It!’. We couldn’t agree more with this sentiment – sustainability is part of our DNA here at Cromwell Polythene. We are committed to supplying fit for purpose products with the lowest environmental impact for a net ecological gain. Despite products, services and technology being … Continued
This month sees Recycle Week take place – running from 25th September to 1st October and championed by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). The theme is Recycle – It’s Worth It, focusing on the idea of what goes around, comes around. The concept is to highlight the lifecycle of materials and food from … Continued
As I have previously noted on this blog, good intentions in healthcare don’t sort waste, and there is a clear challenge to improve segregation rates when it comes to hazardous and non-hazardous wastes across the healthcare sector. The proper use of colour-coded bin liners for different grades of hazardous waste is clearly at the front … Continued
The results of a large recycling survey undertaken for coffee producer Nespresso showed that many urban respondents wished they could recycle more. Reasons for not feeling able to recycle included lack of bins, lack of information and – significantly, living in a flat. In fact, while 91% of people surveyed by the company living in … Continued
Interesting news from Norway recently as the government committed to tackling rogue operations in its cleaning sector, and improving conditions for cleaning operatives. It’s fantastic to see policymakers take this key issue very seriously – so-called ‘cowboy’ cleaning outfits give everyone a bad name, and their practices can even involve the enslavement of some cleaners … Continued