Ever since Blue Planet 2 the tide has been turning and your customers are starting to understand the impact we are having on the planet and choosing to buy from greener businesses.
More than ever they want to understand which businesses share the new vision and want to know what they are doing to support this especially the younger generation.
While there are many options to reduce costs such as LED lighting, turning off computers at the end of the day and reducing printing, Win on Waste focuses on easy ways to get people recycling and making a start on their sustainability journey.
Win on Waste can help both in guiding and sorting physical collections or simply advising on ways waste reduction can occur in the normal course of the day. All waste collections either support the charity itself or contribute to other organisations, allowing them to benefit from what otherwise would be landfill or collected in kerbside recycling.
We have no doubt that you already contribute to local communities whether on a monetary basis or through your staff volunteering but hope you find some of the ideas useful. Please feel free to contact us to discuss further and please read on for ideas and examples
Simple Waste Reduction
- Milk bottle tops from making tea or coffee
- Coffee packaging
- Used pens
- Batteries
- Ink cartridges
Specific Business Ideas
- Opticians – recycling trial packs of contact lenses and empty containers from your customers and collecting used and broken spectacles to be turned over to local charities.
- Pharmacies – medicine blister packs can be collected by pharmacies for recycling, and avoid them being sent to landfill.
- Dental Practices – Used toothbrushes, floss containers and interdental brushes can be collected and recycled to benefit charities.