Environmental Policy
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.
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