At Windrush House we strive to minimise our environmental impact. We take care to reduce, re-use, recycle and safely dispose of items at all times. We also strive to purchase fresh locally sourced produce and trade within our community. Our policies are as follows:
REDUCE
- We purchase items without packaging wherever possible.
- Where practical shopping is purchased on foot/by bike or where a local business has a delivery service have it delivered as part of a delivery round.
- We have double glazed windows, insulated walls and loft insulation.
- All radiators have thermostatic valves fitted.
- All bedrooms have showers.
- We are fitting low energy bulbs where practical.
- We use rain water where possible to water plants.
- We purchase 'A' rated electrical appliances.
- We turn off electrical items rather than leave on stand-by wherever practical.
RE-USE
- We re-use carrier bags for shopping.
- Egg cartons are returned to the free range egg supplier
- We re-use paper where possible.
RECYCLE
- We use the door collection recyle service for all that can be recycled i.e. plastics, cans, glass, paper, cards, magazines and cardboards.
- We use the village Salvation Army recycling point for clothing and fabric items.
- All garden and organic kitchen waste is composted.
DISPOSAL
- Items that cannot be re-used or recycled by us are either collected by the local council waste collection or taken to the waste disposal depot and placed in the appropriate area for reclamation or safe disposal.
PURCHASING POLICY
- Our aim is to source locally.
- All breakfast produce is purchased within the village or within a 5 mile radius from local suppliers.
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