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The Old Counting
House Restaurant
Haughley,
Stowmarket
Suffolk,
England
Campaign
for Real Gravy ?
Great
idea, now let's all take care of the environment
Campaign
Recycle
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We recycle ALL non-returnable glass
bottles & containers
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We recycle ALL used oils which are
then processed to manufacture Bio-Fuels
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We recycle ALL cardboard
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We recycle and estimated 80% of our
biodegradable waste
Did you
know?
GLASS
600,000 tonnes of Glass Bottles are thrown out of
pubs, clubs, hotels, restaurants and cafes every year ( a
quarter of the UK's waste glass containers)
Up
to 75% of this is currently being sent to landfill sites
The
energy saving from recycling just one bottle will:
Power
a 100 watt light bulb for almost an hour
Power
a computer for 25 minutes
Power
a colour TV for 20 minutes
Power
a washing machine for 10 minutes
FACT – We recycle ALL non-returnable
glass bottles & containers
Did you know?
OIL
It
is estimated that UK caterers produce between 50 - 90
MILLION litres of waste cooking oil each year, and if this
is not disposed of correctly, the effects of oil pollution
on the environment could be quite devastating
FACT – We recycle ALL used oils which are
then processed to manufacture Bio-Fuels
Did you know?
CARDBOARD
The
UK uses 1.5 MILLION tonnes of paper and cardboard every year
FACT – We recycle ALL cardboard
Did you know?
GREEN
WASTE
Every
tonne of biodegradable waste produces 300-500 cubic metres
of landfill gas
[source: Waste Treatment and Disposal - P T Williams
1998, pp. 240]
Landfill sites released 20% of the
UK
's methane emissions in 2002 [source:
UK
Gov]
FACT – We recycle and estimated 80% of our
biodegradable waste – it is collected and used as Pig
fodder
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