WASTE MINIMISATION IN YOUR BUSINESS

Using your resources efficiently and reducing waste is becoming increasingly important. With the cost of waste disposal increasing, you can reduce your business costs by considering how to reduce, reuse and recycle the waste you produce.

Being resource efficient is not just an environmental issue; it is also a business process that can save your company money. By finding ways to reduce waste, your company could become more profitable.

Having an environmental review or survey can be a useful starting point when trying to identify waste reduction in your business (details at the start of this section).

Your organisation's waste may be useful for another business. The following organisations provide information on waste exchanges between businesses:

  • for local organisations contact the WSSBP
  • for larger amounts, contact the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme.

Horsham District Council is trialling a Business Waste Recycling Scheme in the District, offering mixed paper, card and corrugated cardboard collections. The WSSBP also has lists of local recycling companies that recycle a range of materials.

If your business produces biodegradable waste, you can send this for composting or set up a composting facility yourself.

Both Envirowise and WRAP provide a wealth of information on reducing waste, recycling and resource efficiency for businesses.

 

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