green businesses

[injan]

If you are looking to go into green business eg solar panels/wind turbines electric cars etc an associate of mine has created some really good high budget adverts...for the green cause....for free.... so if u would like to use one of our free adverts and save on your marketing costs PM me and i will send you the file...for free....you know its just about saving the planet ...thats all....no strings or anything...

[Asteeleleith]

nice idea, and i am as environmetally friendly as the next (recycling up to 75% of our rubbish) but do you not think we are getting a little too late for saving the planet?. :)

Dont mean to be cynical or anything.

Al

[injan]

hi estelee...brhgh
i do think probably we might well be too late
so i guess its all down hill from here then..
I have to say i am so surprised how slow the business world had been in rising to the challenge!!?? it must be a british thing...always leaving everything till the last minute...
I heard that some big american corporation actually bailed out the US government once.... I have more faith in the business world than i do in the political one...Business always calls the shots!!

I see u are into astronomy/gy..
the other month i guessed that if the ice caps are melting then that means the planet might start changing its axis!!!
then the other day on the news it said something about the astrological chart changing or something!!
??
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so does this mean theyre telling people the stars are moving instead of telling us that our planet is spinning in a diferent direction??

just curious??
??

[Asteeleleith]

Hi injan

I have removed my original posting and placed in the "Time Out" forum.

Please feel free to read it there.

Kindest Regards

Alastair

[LittleAcorn]

For anyone that is actually serious about green procurement and marketing to today's environmentally conscious consumers, you might find these two articles of interest:

http://www.ecomall.com/greenshopping/greencorner.htm
http://www.londonremade.com/mgpc.asp#why

On the 2nd link, the Major of London says:
Green Procurement and sustainable waste management are now seen as much more than simply 'the right thing to do', they are now a vital commitment in order to fulfil Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) obligations, to show continuous improvement and to help win potential business.

By implementing policies and good practices, you will not only contribute to your company's CSR requirements and make cost savings, you can also improve staff moral, gain new business and help contribute to the development of innovative recycling enterprises, creating jobs and encouraging economic development.

[Jayne]

Hi,

I think the councils should do more to help with recycling and businesses.

At home we have three types of bins to put different rubbish in, which is great and bottle banks at the local supermarket. Yet for our food shop we have just one big bin. We have the same sort of rubbish as at home, but produce much more. We have to pay up to £90 per month for this bin, on top of our rates. For us to get seperate bins for work, it would be that amount for each bin (not cost affective). Trade are not allowed to take rubbish to the council tip unless they pay lots to them too. So what are we supposed to do about being more green?

Also, we have a green power station near us, that was closed down because it was too expensive to run, it burned rubbish instead of coal..to me that was a great idea..but money wins every time and it got the boot.

Jayne :)

[Asteeleleith]

I know in northampton they amphasis towards going green is never greater.

We have a recycle bank where most stuff can be taken,. plus they collect.
The only snag now is the collect our rubbish once a fortnight now instead of once a week, but the council tax remains as it is :twisted:

Personally though around 70-75 % of the rubbish gets recylcled but its taken to the bak ourselves, so we are getting to the point of paying council tax and discarding of our own rubbish anyway

Al

[LittleAcorn]

Personally though around 70-75 % of the rubbish gets recylcled but its taken to the bak ourselves, so we are getting to the point of paying council tax and discarding of our own rubbish anyway


I find your figure of 70-75% really impressive!

When I lived in the UK, there was a government target to reach 20% recycling rate by the year 2000, which they failed to meet.

The new target in London is to achieve the European recycling target of 25% by 2006, as per this article from the BBC a few days ago: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4277220.stm

In my city we have the highest recycling rate in Canada, at about 65%, but that is a result of all of our garbage going through a state of the art composting facility, and only the residuals (plastics, certain metals) requiring ladfilling.

What city are you located in? I would be curious to look up what kind of waste management practices they are implementing there to achieve these figures.


Jane > the most important things businesses or even the public can do is to 'close the recycling loop' by buying recycled products, even something as simple as toilet rolls or kitchen towel.

[Jayne]

Hi,

We try to re-use lots of things in the shop and buy recycled paper bags etc if possible. We save all our boxes and plasic bags to use again and send sandwich orders out in them.

I have had disputes over things with the Health and Hygene officers, they say we should use diposable cloths and I say re-usable cloths are find if they are cleaned properly. Disposable plastic gloves, when spotless clean hands are fine. I could go on forever about this, but I think rubbish is made, when there is no need too.

Jayne :D