Environmental Policy

• Introduction • Green Business Culture • Green Product Development • Green Production Facility

Green Business Culture

Waste Reduction

For economic as well as ethical reasons Bailey has always focussed on waste reduction. The latest development has been the introduction of the industry's first waste recycling scheme which has reduced the amount of waste sent to land fill sites by 50%.

The company currently re-cycles cardboard, paper, timber (all forms), aluminium, ferrous metal, polystyrene, polythene and floor vinyl, with plans to extend this scheme to other commodities in the near future. In the first six months of operation Bailey re-cycled over 100,000 kgs of waste products; which is equivalent to the weight of 100 caravans.

The company is also the driving force behind on-going work with the industry's major component suppliers to extend the use of returnable packaging.

The recycling culture in now prevalent throughout the company, to the extent that nobody at Bailey has their own personal waste bin with everybody using central recycling facilities instead.

In another industry first Bailey has also started producing sales and marketing literature such as product brochures and price lists on re-cycled paper stock.

Business Efficiency

In a similar way to waste reduction, improvements to business efficiency will also have positive benefits for the environment. Following the introduction of 'just in time' production systems and inventory control, Bailey can now claim to be the most efficient manufacturer in the industry in terms of resource usage and consumption in relation to what it produces.