NEW WASTE MANAGEMENT & RECYCLING FACILITY

Photographed: Stephen and Kevin, Skypark's maintenance and waste management team

NEW WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING FACILITY LAUNCHES AT SKYPARK CALLING ALL RECYCLING CHAMPIONS!

As part of our push on sustainability, we are pleased to announce that Skypark has launched a new Waste Management and Recycling Facility and is calling for recycling champions to come forward, visit the facility and learn how you can help us to recycle as much waste as possible back into the economy!

The move towards a circular economy is one of our primary objectives at Skypark and in order to do this, we are looking for occupiers to actively take part and help us divert as much waste as possible away from landfill and incinerators, back into the economy.

Ultimately our goal is to contribute to a higher quality, clean and sustainable environment through a dedicated recycling regime and this starts with you, our occupiers.

The reduction CO 2 emissions from our own operations To increase recycling rates and minimise the non-recyclable output from the estate Reduce the general waste going to landfill Segregate all the trade waste leaving the site and ensure all refurbishments account for their waste.

To do this we are starting with the plastics and other key waste types. Kevin and Stephen are now manually sorting every bag we get and pulling everything they can from those bags. This includes all the plastics, the white paper, newspaper and glossy magazines, and all the cardboard.

For the first year we are concentrating on the five major plastic types, we will sort collect and bail these for selling on to other users:

Polyethene Terephthalate

Water and drinks bottles Polyethylene

Milk bottles and screw on corks Polyvinyl Chloride

Cling films and bags Low Density Polyethylene

Frozen food bags, fresh fruit containers Polypropylene

Microwaveable food containers We are also bulk bailing aluminium cans, cardboard and paper. Other plastic types like Polystyrene and ABS/ Polycarbonate we are looking into, but this will take some time to get ready for, as they require dedicated machines to shred, compact and bale.

The most recent scheme for us is to collect and bail all the single use coffee and soup cups across the estate and get these sent off site for recycling.

All businesses are being offered a free sorting bin for easy office recycling >>

We are working alongside Keep Scotland Beautiful Glasgow Cup Movement to change the relationship with single use cups and ensure that they don’t end up littering our streets and countryside.

To find out more about Glasgow’s Cup Movement visit www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/cup-movement/

There is a lot happening on the waste management front – you can tour our new facility and find out how you and your company can help us and become Recycling Champions! Anything that you can do to help would be greatly appreciated. We are open to ideas, so if you if feel that you could contribute to our efforts, please get in touch we would love to speak to you.

To find out more about how you and your business can get involved, please contact Lynne@skypark-glasgow.com