Time for Change?
18/01/2012
Undoubtedly we are experiencing unprecedented and challenging times.
Ecological Footprint
There is no such thing as a soluble sanitary towel or tampon. Flushing sanitary items down the toilet, pollutes rivers and coastlines and may result in blocked drains. From a survey of 452 river and canal sites the Environment Agency found 34% of sites had sewerage derived litter, such as sanitary towels
These items and other 'personal products' should not be flushed down the toilet...
Cotton buds
Condoms and Femidoms
Tampons and tampon applicators
Sanitary towels, panty liners and backing strips
Facial and hand wipes
Cleaning wipes
Disposable nappies
Incontinence pads
Old bandages
Razor blades
Syringes and needles
Colostomy bags
Medicine
Other items such as food, plastics, toilet roll inners, tights etc
Nearly five million sanitary products are flushed down the toilet every day. The Bag it & Bin it campaign aims to prevent sewage related debris from littering riverbanks and coastlines by informing people of the problems that will occur if they flush disposable products down the toilet.
Say NO to Landfill
Having Bagged & Binned your waste where does it go? The answer in many cases is into landfill. If your business aims to be environmentally friendly however you should insist on your waste being disposed of by incineration.
All waste removed from our customers premises is undertook by our licensed waste carriers, licences are granted by the Environment Agency, our licence number is CB/JN5177DN
Waste is taken to the nearest SITA UK incineration site, which operate a 'waste to energy' policy.
www.sita.co.uk
