Waste

About this Graph

This graph shows the percentage of waste from our UK sites which we are sending to landfill, against the percentage of waste sent for recycling. When we refer to waste, we mean any solid material that leaves our site which is not product, packaging or marketing material.

Over the years, we have been steadily increasing the number of recycling streams to include cardboard, soft and hard plastics, paper, glass, metals, batteries and light bulbs, amongst others.

We had originally set ourselves a goal that by the end of 2017 we would be recycling 100% of our site waste and sending none of this to landfill. This was an ambitious target and, although we have made significant progress, we are not there yet. However, our commitment to send zero waste to landfill remains so we are extending this target to 2020 and are investigating a number of other options to ensure we achieve it.

Methodology Overview

The Environmental Management team gather waste data from across the company. Each site has a number of different bins which are emptied at various frequencies. Bin weights are measured wherever possible, however in some cases we have to use our waste companies’ estimated weights, based on bin size.

Once all weights have been totalled we then look at the combined recycled weight and the combined landfill weight, and calculate the percentages of these against the total waste produced. This statistic is calculated annually at the end of our financial year.