Best Practice Recycling

The huge amounts of waste produced by businesses and detrimental to the environment. A large part of the waste goes into landfill, which uses up large areas of land and also leads to pollution from methane production, which is a greenhouse gas. The best solution is to reduce, re-use and recycle.

• Separate glass, metal, paper, plastic, and recycle
  
  Country hotel in Norfolk We have a comprehensive environmental policy rewritten every year and setting targets for staff, guest and management action to reduce waste and energy.
  
  
  
• Feed food scraps to animals – chickens, pigs, bald eagles.
  
  Alaska lodge accommodation Food scraps are fed to the local Bald Eagles and other wildlife on the beach in the morning.
  
  
  
  
• Create a compost heap. To find out how to make your own compost click here
  
  Italian Riviera B&B We compost all our organic wastes to produce humus and manure which we re-use.
  
  
  
  
• Don’t use plastic bags, take your own bag or basket to the shops.
  
  
• Use biodegradable bin bags.
  
  
• Find out about building materials made from recycled products – work surfaces made from old yoghurt cartoons, insulation from jiffy bags, etc.
  
  Saba ecolodge, Dutch West Indies In the construction we have used eco-friendly and recycled materials as much as possible. For example, decks and staircases are made of reclaimed plastic.
  
  
  
• Reuse and reclaim building materials. Look at freecycling rather than dumping white goods, particularly fridges and freezers
  
  Algarve holiday accommodation The recycling of building materials and use of waste building materials or natural materials can be seen in all our construction processes.
  
  
  
  
• Old mobile phones, toner cartridges and office equipment are often requested by charities, see if you can recycle through local schemes.
  
  
• Give clothes and unwanted items to charity shops.
  
  
• Use the Internet to cut down on paper-based advertising.
  
  Rwanda bed and breakfast accommodation Publicity is largely by web site rather than leaflet to save paper.
  
  
  
  
• Print leaflets, brochures, etc. on recycled paper.
  
  Napier B&B holiday accommodation The few brochures we do produce for local use are printed as required at home on recycled card.