WASTE & RECYCLING
materials on recycled paper using
vegetable-based inks and water-based
coatings. Remanufactured toner cartridges
are also sources and janitorial products
including toilet rolls, rubbish bags, bin
liners and paper towels are all fully or
partly recycled products.
The procurement of recycled stationery measure the impact of products and
prompted stationery suppliers, Harper services including purchase price, running
Green purchasing support Office, to produce a specialist Green costs, disposal costs and other indirect or
programmes, such as the Mayor’s Green Directory, illustrating the power of consumer administrative costs.
Procurement Code – demand. Lambeth Council has recently put
www.londonremade.com – are helping to Public sector purchasing also has a environmental issues at the forefront of a
increase consumer demand for green major impact on waste and the five-year contract for highway services. The
products. This has led to a greater choice environment, recognised in the contract pledges to maximise the use of
of products at comparable prices. government’s Sustainable Procurement Task recycled materials, recycle as much waste as
Mainstream office suppliers offer Force report: Procuring the Future. possible and minimise the use of office
dedicated green catalogues, the number The report provides a practical paper.
of reuse networks is on the rise and even framework for the UK to achieve its goal of This fresh approach to reducing the
the big retailers are getting in on the act. being amongst European Union leaders in amount of waste we produce has enormous
ASDA supermarkets recently announced a sustainable procurement by 2009. A flexible cost-saving potential for businesses. It can
new range of 18 recycled stationery framework tool has been developed to help also help solve London’s landfill problem
product lines including own-brand organisations, both public and private, to and reduce our carbon emissions.
notebooks. implement sustainable procurement.
SIGN UP THE MAYOR’S GREEN
GREEN PROCUREMENT IN ACTION LONDON BOROUGHS PROCUREMENT CODE
Mayor’s Code member, Workspace Many boroughs are also making good London’s businesses, as major
Group, as readers of this magazine will progress. Just one example of good practice consumers of products and producers of
realise, provides commercial business space is Lewisham’s Green Guide to Procurement waste, can sign up to the Mayor’s Code to
for small and medium-sized enterprises to help staff, contractors and suppliers reduce their environmental impact. The free
(SMEs). Environmental and social deliver its environmental procurement support service provides London’s
sustainability forms a core part of its policy. The guide has a section on each businesses with the knowledge to make
business strategy whilst helping to enhance service area or product with a major smart green procurement decisions. Visit
their corporate profile. environmental impact such as toxicity and www.londonremade.com or call
In its latest sustainability report, the the volume of purchase. 020 7061 6367 for further information.
company has benchmarked itself against Lewisham uses whole life costing to
the Mayor’s London Plan. The company’s
regeneration and intensification contributes
KEY QUESTIONS ABOUT A
on a large scale to a sustainable London
but, with a customer base of 4000 SMEs, so
GOOD WASTE INFRASTRUCTURE
do the smaller initiatives: from buying • Is there a local infrastructure to process the materials we send for recycling?
recycled products through to recycling. • Are there local markets for the materials we recycle?
Workspace uses recycled copier paper • Can we reduce the amount of waste we produce in the first instance?
and, where possible, prints marketing
TIVE CENTRE TELLS CHILDREN
waste per year but it has the capacity to school visit will teach children
more than double that figure. not only about recycling but also
On current operating figures, the Co- the wider issues of climate
operative Group’s annual recycling results change.”
in 85,000 less trees being felled and Barbara Porter, Head
reduces land fill space by 20,000 cubic teacher of St. Joseph’s Primary
metres. School in Longsight, brought the
Simon Williams, Director of Corporate first school children to visit
Affairs said:” We recognise that waste Waste Works this week. She
management is one of the biggest said: “We were very excited to
environmental issues facing our society so visit Waste Works and teach the
it is important that we raise the awareness children all about recycling so
of the issues amongst school children. that they could see for
“Waste Works offer a unique hands themselves what happens to the rubbish very lucky to be the first to experience it.”
on learning experience and we are they throw away at school. Waste Works is Visit Waste Works at
confident that it will make a memorable a unique education resource and we were www.co-operative.co.uk/wasteworks
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