CTR's Environmental Policy
It is the policy of CTR to manage the environmental aspects of the business in accordance with the following aims:
E1. We will monitor and minimise polution from the operations of the company.
E2. We will identify environmental legislation that is applicable to the operations of the company and ensure that company operations comply.
E3. We will work to continually improve our environmental performance and our Environmental Management System. We will do this by identifying and pursuing improvement objectives.
E4. We will endeavour where possible to improve the environmental performance of our partners
E5. We will actively promote the reuse and recycling of textiles. By promoting awareness in schools. By acting in partnership with local authorities. By acting in partnership with charity organisations
E6. We will explore ways to maximise the residual value in our processed textiles by favouring reuse over recycling and recycling over landfill.
E7. We will seek to minimise our use of energy, especially from non-renewable energy sources.
Michael Gallagher Managing Director
Our Carbon Footprint
As a recycling company we are likely to have a net positive carbon footprint. But as a mark of further commitment we have decided to ignore the positive impact of our recycling and calculate only the negative footprint of our operations. We aim to go an extra mile and work at offsetting that carbon cost.
Plant a Tree
We have arranged to go the extra mile by planting trees in Kenya, one of the countries tp which we export textiles for re-use. We do this by providing funds to Esconet, a network based in the Great Rift Valley and dedicated to rehabilitating, conserving and protecting the natural ecosystems in the Kikuyu Escarpment Forest and to promote a sustainable, clean and healthy environment.
