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Waste Award at the Manchester Arndale
Centre
Manchester Arndale Centre won a Special Commendation Award
in the Royal Bank of Scotland sponsored Business and the Environment
Awards 2000 for its waste recycling initiative.
The aim of the award scheme was to recognise and reward companies
that had demonstrated environmental performance improvement
leading directly to improved profitability.
The Arndale Centre continues to run the recycling programme,
which won the award. This involves the co-ordination and management
of waste collection and recycling from a large number of individual
retail outlets within the Centre. The centre management persuades
approximately 200 retailers to co-operate in the segregation
and disposal of waste. 90% of tenants are now taking part
in the scheme.
Recycling measures in place at the Arndale Centre include:
• Weekly collection of all aluminium cans
• Dedicated areas in refuse rooms for disposal of polythene
and cardboard
• Paper recycling bins in each office or retail unit
The scheme has resulted in a reduction in the amount of waste
sent to landfill, by 800 tonnes a year, and a significant
cost saving over a four-year period. A further benefit has
been the income generated from the sale of waste products,
including cardboard, polythene, paper, metal and timber.
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