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Would you like to save energy and increase profitability?
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Landfill tax increases on April 1st 2012
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Hotelympia visitors urged to sign energy efficiency pledge
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Recycle your hotel soap and save lives
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:40 pm Leave a response
Every day, almost 3 million bars of hotel soap are thrown away. In the hands of vulnerable populations, that soap can decrease the rate of disease and death. The Global Soap Project is a nonprofit organisation that turns the discarded soap from hotels into new bars and gets them into the hands of the people…
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How to make your restaurant more eco-friendly
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:41 am Leave a response
Eco-friendly policies can often reduce costs as well as your carbon footprint. For example, replacing a traditional light bulb with an energy-efficient light bulb of the same brightness will save you around £3 per year, or £55 over the life of the bulb.* The more bulbs you change, the greater your saving. But there are…
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Have you decided on a New Year’s resolution for 2012?
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 4:32 pm Leave a response
With 2012 fast approaching, have you decided on a New Year’s resolution? Why not make a small step towards a Fairtrade future by swapping your usual tea or coffee to a Fairtrade brand. Buying Fairtrade is easier than you think as there are now over 3,000 Fairtrade certified products for sale in the UK. Buying…
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Wind power
Posted on December 9, 2011 at 4:55 pm Leave a response
For years the UK has benefitted from renewable energy, particularly from wind turbines, however yesterday Mother Nature showed us just how strong she really is… Pictures of Scotland’s wind turbines are one of many scenes to be all over the news, after a wind turbine at the Ardrossan wind farm, North Ayrshire, burst into flames…
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Reduce your food waste and save thousands
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 9:56 am Leave a response
Reducing food waste is one of the biggest challenges for the hospitality industry worldwide. In the UK alone, over 4 million tonnes of organic waste is thrown out every year – and this number is increasing! Food waste is costly for both businesses and the environment. It is estimated that every tonne of food waste…
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Awards for ‘green’ supplier Bibendum
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 12:00 pm Leave a response
2011 has been a great year for beacon supplier Bibendum. The wine and spirit merchant, which is committed to environmentally friendly methods in sourcing, packaging and distribution, has received several sustainable awards for its work. In August, Bibendum received their ISO 14001 accreditation, an internationally recognised certificate that is awarded to businesses and organisations that…
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Kraft’s zero waste to landfill success
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 5:40 pm Leave a response
In August, beacon blogged about a WRAP report discussing how the hospitality industry recycled less than half its waste with implications to growing landfill problems as well as waste management costs involved for hospitality businesses; So we thought it would be interesting to show a case study of a company tackling its waste reduction issues.
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