In 2022, we made a commitment to the reduction of single-use plastics across our business. Our Single-Use Plastics Policy states that we will work towards ensuring the recyclability and recycled content of our product packaging, collaborate with suppliers to raise awareness and minimise the use of single-use plastics in service provision and reduce the use of single-use plastic bottles, cutlery, and cups onsite.
Our Northampton site has set the target of reducing the purchase of single-use plastic water bottles and cups by over half and to achieve this, we issued each member of staff a reusable water bottle. In a campaign to encourage this alternative, we spread awareness about what single-use plastics are and how a reusable water bottle takes us from recycling plastic cups and bottles to preventing the occurrence of the waste altogether.
When asked, one team member commented “I didn’t realise quite how many little plastics cups I was using each day. With this water bottle, I go to the water cooler fewer times and of course, I’m not throwing away a plastic cup each one of those times. Glad to be part of the solution, not the problem”.