Environmental Policy

Internal

• All ‘A’ Grade and Mixed Grade paper is recycled – this includes envelopes, magazines etc.
  Every member of staff has a desk tidy for recycling, for convenience.
• All waste discs from in-house production are recycled.
• The majority of weEco's used cardboard boxes are either re-used by weEco or donated to a local company who re-use them for the packaging of their own orders.
• Any cardboard boxes which cannot be re-used, are recycled by a local company.
• Specialist inkjet print cartridges are used for our in-house disc printers.
  These are regularly re-filled, rather than being disposed of.
• Staff receive regular training regarding environmental issues and our eco-friendly products.
• Annual office events are run by weEco to encourage employees to be green – in 2009 this was done in support of World Environment Day.
  The money raised through our 2009 event was donated to the Forest of Bradford in order to plant trees.
• Where possible, files are kept digitally and documents are only printed where necessary.
• All training documents are easily accessible in digital format and staff are encouraged to access these documents in this way rather than printing multiple copies.
• The weEco blog is used as a source of training material, so that documents are in digital format but in a central location.
• In cases where staff do need to print documents, we encourage them to format the document so as to avoid waste and use double-sided print if possible.
• Where possible, we avoid the use of direct-mail campaigns in favour of email/online direct marketing campaigns.
• Motion activated lights in our toilets and kitchen mean that lights are not left on when rooms are empty.
• We have reduced the overhead lighting in our main office.
• We encourage staff to car share or use public transport where possible.

External

• The production of our eco-friendly packaging solutions is carried out within West Yorkshire.
• weEco’s bespoke packaging solutions are designed with the environment in mind.
  No plastic is used in weEco packaging, with other materials such as card (sourced from well managed forests or card with a high recycled content) and potato starch utilized instead.  Card is kept to a minimum with all of our current products being produced from a single piece of card, rather than multiple layers of card being hand-glued together.
• We are working on bio-degradable plastic solutions, for customers to require a sustainable, plastic solution.
• Where possible, our printed packages are printed using vegetable based inks.
• Where possible, we will use alcohol free printers or a printer which is lower than 5%.
• We will avoid the use of matt/gloss laminates and are currently looking for alternatives, including; bio-degradable laminate and the use of different card.
• Where possible, we will use eco-friendly bubble wrap to package customer orders which require extra protection.