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Working towards a Recycling and Reducing waste
better future We have reduced the level of the
packaging we use through a process of
constant monitoring and improvement, in
Corporate social responsibility, sustainability, doing so we have been able to get our
and caring about the planet and the people levels of packaging to an all-time low. The
that live on it is not a new agenda but one that packaging we do use whether -
has taken longer to filter into our everyday life cardboard, paper and plastic - is now
than we might have hoped. 100% fully recyclable. Overall, in 2020,
97% of the waste we produced was either
Customers are now choosing with their feet reused or recycled.
where they shop on the high street and their
fingers when they spend online. Sustainable Offices
We are proud to have switched to a
Change need not be headline making news, it paperless environment wherever we can
can be the simple things, like you reusing a and are encouraging our customers and
carrier bag or recognising the food miles in suppliers to do the same! Plus all BWT
your basket and choosing to shop differently. offices have now switched to LED lighting,
In business we have found the same holds have separate waste recycling bins, and
true. Whilst at BWT we are proud to have our have introduced a new initiative where by
own headline grabbing initiatives we are our old laptops can also be repurposed
equally proud to be working with our or recycled.
customers, staff and suppliers in the UK to
make a difference closer to home. Differences BWT's Bottle Free Zone
that can help create a far reaching ripple of We have said no to single-use plastic
change beyond our borders. bottles! We've replaced these
environmentally costly bottles with sports
Here are 5 simple things we have done to bottles enabling all our staff to make full
help make a difference: use of the watercoolers installed in each
office. Providing great tasting drinking
Recycling Cartridges water, they also promote healthy
Working with our customers across the hydration throughout the day. We are
hospitality industry and partnering with now also helping to make this possible for
European Watercare we have developed a our customers too, find out more here:
practical and cost effective recycling scheme Create your own bottle free zone.
for our advanced water solution cartridges,
find out more here. The benefits of this simple
initiative stretches beyond providing
customers with a practical solution, it also
reduces the amount of plastic going to landfill
and the need for virgin plastics in the future.