WASTE MANAGEMENT
MARCH | SECTOR FOCUS
The industry is stepping up to its vast waste management
duties by way of good practice and offsetting
MANAGING CHANGE
Paul Cox, managing
director of Reconomy says
waste management is heavily
regulated and that this
regulatory complexity is
compounded by uncertainty,
following the UK’s Brexit vote,
and this makes compliance
increasingly difficult.
He gives the following take-
aways
• Many businesses are unaware
of their compliance risks
yet ignorance is no defence
and fines can now seriously
impact finances - as much as
£3 million in fact.
• It is now critical that your
business recognises its
obligations under waste
management legislation.
• Understand waste
management legislation
and how it applies to your
construction practices is
essential to the success of
your business.
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• Not only will it help you
avoid damaging compliance
failures and fines, it will help
you navigate the changing
regulatory environment as
Britain withdraws from the
EU.
• Demonstrating competency
around waste management
legislation makes it easier to
win new business and boost
your bottom line.
OFF-SETTING YOUR
IMPACT
Energy Revolution has helped
to offset the carbon emissions
from over 3 million average
car miles to festivals and other
events throughout 2018.
Energy Revolution is a
charity that aims to reduce the
environmental impacts from
fossil fuel travel to events. The
3 million car miles of travel are
equivalent to 962,274 kg CO2e.
The charity was founded
in 2015 by the teams behind
Shambala, Boomtown, Secret
Garden, Kendal Calling and
Bluedot, after a report by
Powerful Thinking showed that
typically up to80% of an average
festival’s carbon footprint comes
from audience travel.
100% of balancing donations
received in 2018 will go to Solar
For Schools, an initiative that
puts solar panels on the roofs of
schools in the UK
This allows them to produce
low-cost, clean electricity, and
educate children about the low
carbon future.
New Energy Revolution
members in 2018 included
Download and Reading
festivals, produced by Festival
Republic, who champion festival
sustainability initiatives.
They donated £1 from every
car-parking pass to Energy
Revolution.
Festival travel provider
Tuned in Travel joined last year,
balancing 100% of the CO2 from
passenger travel to events.
Ticket agent The Ticketsellers
has continued to support the
project, introducing clients to
travel-balancing and embedding
a travel carbon calculator into
the ticket-buying process.
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