Workers urged to cut down on waste

From the archive, first published Friday 10th Feb 2006.

Businesses in Bradford are being urged to bin their bins for a day as part of a waste reduction experiment.

One Bin Day will take place on Tuesday, February 21. The Envirowise initiative will encourage businesses to think about the impact and profitability of waste produced daily.

Yorkshire and Humber regional manager at Envirowise, Elin Crebbin, said: "Businesses throw away a staggering quantity of unnecessary waste every year. In our experience a lot of office waste in particular is thrown in the bin because, for busy office workers, the bin is often the quickest and most convenient place to file unwanted items, from paper to plastic cups.

"Unfortunately, very few firms realise just how costly this habit of convenience can be, in both financial and environmental terms."

The one-bin technique will demonstrate the amount of rubbish produced by a business when it begins to overflow.

And organisers also hope staff, who will have their individual bins removed in order to use the one communal bin, will give more thought to waste. For information visit www.envirowise.gov.uk.

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