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BahamaMama
Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 2315 Location: Away with the fairies
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Posted: Thu May 12, 11 4:36 pm Post subject: Plastic cups and spoons |
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A little toot toot from my own trumpet here.
I work for a very large multi-national corporation, we have a number of very nicely appointed offices around the country and they have a very active 'contribute to society' policy. However, every single office provides only plastic cups and spoons, there are 5 buildings on my campus, with 3 floors on each, each floor is divided into at least two main areas (some of the larger buildings have more) and each area has a dishwasher which is run every evening
I have long complained about the waste (as I see it) of using plastic instead of reusable cups and spoons and the associated waste of running almost empty dishwashers nightly.
I signed up for an 'Eco Project' with a view to try to change this. In order to build the business case for change I did some research to establish the actual numbers and costs of purchasing 'consumables' for the organisation - we use 250,000 plastic spoons and almost 500,000 plastic cups annually, which costs the organisation almost �16,000 and generates 1 ton of CO2.
There will of course be costs associated in changing to reusable mugs and spoons but initial investigations suggest that this will pay for itself in 1 year.
Armed with this infomation, I found a sponsor to support me and we presented the information to the change board and they approved it this week.
We are now starting the change over to remove all the plastic consumables and replace them with proper cups and spoons in the office areas.
I am so happy (little happy dance) and really feel that I have achieved something.
Putting my trumpet away now
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