

Products
Environmentally responsible products and production
processes offer marketing benefits.
Design products and processes to reduce the use of
resources. It is often cheaper to buy less material than to waste and dispose
of it.
Try to Design products for re-use.
Make products that can be reused, repaired and easily
recycled.
Use recycled and recyclable packaging
Did you know that businesses with an annual turnover of £2 million or more that
handle more than 50 tonnes of packaging per year are legally required to
‘recover’ and recycle a percentage of their packaging waste?
Use environmentally responsible materials
Avoid using scarce natural resources.
Waste
How you deal with your waste makes a massive impact on the
environment. Are you disposing of certain waste products correctly? Can you
recycle your waste or even re-use it? Do you and your establishment have the
correct measures put in place?
You have a legal responsibility to ensure that your waste is
handled properly.
The best form of waste management is waste reduction.
The costs of waste disposal have increased significantly
over the past few years and this trend will continue.
Explore opportunities for elimination, reduction, re-use,
recycling and recovery before disposal.
You must store waste safely and securely.
Store waste in suitable containers which are clearly
labelled and ensure waste cannot escape.
Store normal and hazardous waste separately. For example,
fluorescent tubes are hazardous waste and should not go in the normal bin.
You must ensure that the person collecting and disposing of
your waste does so properly.

Companies across the UK are taking global warming and
pollution more seriously and are being responsible and more conscious with how
they deal with their own waste and trying to keep a safer environment that we
live and work in. Environmental safety is now being standardised for companies
and this can be recognised by gaining an ISO 14001 standard.