Going Greener
Szerelmey has been making big efforts over the last few years to operate in a greener way including establishing our Green Team, aka Szerelmey Eco Warriors. Last year we were able to join the Ethical Stone Register at Declaration level and were the first Specialist Subcontract to do so. This year we are working towards moving up a level.
Everyone in the company has been proactive and enthusiastic about the things we have been implementing in the office from sensor lights to paperless Fridays to recycling as much as we can in terms of rubbish and recycling books around the office via a book drop system. We recently asked our staff to let us know what sort of things they do at home to be eco-aware and have pulled together the following list from their responses:
- Use a company called Green Energy, the only UK supplier providing electricity from 100% renewable sources and offsetting the house gas you use with 100% green gas
- Beeswax instead of clingfilm
- Milk in glass bottles
- Buy loose/unwrapped veg/fruit
- Organic and or chemical-free makeup, hair products, soaps, etc
- Use composting bin
- Switch lights off when leaving room
- Turn the tap off while brushing teeth
- Collect cold water from shower while waiting for hot to come through, use for flushing toilets or watering plants
- Use loofah for dishes not plastic sponges
- Use plant-based or organic cleaning products
- Buy cleaning products that can be refilled
- Buy from market and butcher and use own containers
- Use own shopping bags to avoid plastic ones
- Wait to do washing until full load
- Wash clothes only when they are dirty
- Feed leftover food, other than poultry, to chickens
- Recycle everything possible
- Use Freecycle.org for recycling other items
- Cycle or walk to work
- Live in an energy-efficient A-rated building
- Buy British and local
- Lots of house plants
- Try to buy clothing brands that are not associated with sweatshops
- Automated light switches scheduled to switch off
- Plant loads of bee-friendly plants in the garden
- Donate all unwanted items to different charity shops
- Use water butts to collect water for plants and garden
- Grow own veg
- Reuse old pieces of wood in the garden for different things
- Holiday in the UK (even pre lockdown)
- Avoid using the tumble dryer
- Avoid consuming animal products where possible
- Keep bees and chickens
- Solar panels on roof
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