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Create Awareness

Changing the culture Making use of keen staff members Using internal media effectively External campaigns

Create Awareness
Packaging awareness day in Bristol.

Eliminate Waste
Designing out packaging - solid products Working up the supply chain Adopting returnable/re-usable transit packaging Encouraging customers to re-use packaging Japan saving 30,000

Reduce Resources
Sustainable Procurement Moving away from non-renewable materials Using lighter packaging Searching for innovative solutions -Popcorn -Easy Pack -Innovia films

Re-use Creatively
Looking at the waste stream for opportunities Calculating financial benefits Inspiring people to change

-cardboard perforator -shredded paper -goods in packaging -Moulds and trays

Re-use Creatively
*Using Internet resources: www.nisp.org.uk - National Industrial Symbiosis Programme http://www.wastechange.net/pak/ Materials and waste exchange www.myskip.com - Re-use and free exchange of materials http://uk.freecycle.com - local email group for free exchange http://www.wasteexchange.net/ online materials listings

Recycle Pro-actively
Segregating at source = and free collections Co-mingled recycling as an easy solution

Updating waste contracts regularly


Encouraging the local recycling market Back-hauling scheme

Helping customers
to recycle

110 tonnes of cardboard 12 tonnes of plastic

Close the Loop


Buying recycled

Waste Neutral concept


95% of store packaging will

be made of recycled
materials Finding opportunities to

close the loop


Bio-fuels made of chip fat Favour post-consumer

waste

Avoid Landfill
Organic waste collection

Changing waste into


fuels LUSH: from 11 tonnes

once a week to 11 tonnes


once every 5 weeks.

Share Experience
Sharing solutions (forums, meetings) Using web resources

Promoting local businesses


The people who help us: Plastics: www.assoc-polymer-resources.co.uk

Organic: Karbie Recycling 01202 892910


Card and paper: www.martockwastepaper.com Save-a-cup: www.save-a-cup.co.uk

Purbeck and Wareham Skip Hire 01202 620 077

Ruth Andrade www.lush.co.uk savetheplanet@lush.co.uk

2 million plastic bottles, number used in the UK in 2 hrs, in the US in 5 minutes.

Create awareness
Training Campaigns

Inspiration

Community involvement

FIND YOUR COUNTRYS GRE

GO BACK AND Increase recycling, buy recycled.


Manage your energy. Switch to green.
Monitor transport. Cut down flights. Get help, loans and grants Change habits Do something now, tomorrow and as soon as youre back.

Recycling area at Windsor shop: Clear bags fit perfectly inside blue roll boxes!

Poster made by Green Helper from Chichester

QuickTime an d a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are need ed to see this picture.

http://www.nisp.org.uk

www.nisp.org.uk - National Industrial Symbiosis Programme http://www.wastechange.net/pak/ - Materials and waste exchange www.myskip.com - Re-use and free exchange of materials http://uk.freecycle.com - local free exchange http://www.wasteexchange.net/ - online materials listings

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