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Why your Transport or Storage business needs to recycle

The Waste Hierarchy for the Transport and Storage sector

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Preventing waste in the first place is always the best option, as you can see from the ‘Waste Hierarchy’ below, which ranks waste management options in order of how good they are for the environment. If waste is unavoidable, it should ideally be prepared for re-use, recycled, or turned into something else of value (such as energy). Disposing of general waste to landfill is the last resort. 

Image of the waste hierarchy which reads: Prevention If you can't prevent it, then... Prepare for reuse If you can't prepare for reuse then... Recycling If you can't recycle, then... Recover value If you can't recover value (e.g. energy), then... Disposal landfill if no alternative is available

Your workplace should aim to ‘move up’ the waste hierarchy in the way you treat your waste, and as we’re about to find out, there might even be a bonus: as well as improving your eco-credentials, it could save you money!  

Making changes at your premises will help you reduce the volume of waste your organisation produces, such as installing water refill stations for passengers or employees or reducing the single-use items people can buy from catering outlets.