ENERGY story in the last 18 months ”. With no fewer than 22 separate recycling streams , they ’ ve been able to improve their recycling rates from just 23 percent two years ago up to 70 percent earlier this year . Paul Humpries and Jeff Niemski from the Environmental Team have put huge amounts of effort into producing this amazing turn-around .
“ We ’ re doing some innovative work in terms of cigarette recycling . We work with Terracycle out of the US , and their motto is to recycle things that no one else wants to . At Crown , cigarette butts are collected and they get converted into plastic moulded products . Ironically , ours are turned into ashtrays .”
Another innovative recycling stream is their comprehensive garment and clothing reuse program , and they also recycle mattresses and electronic waste .
While their results to date are very impressive , Wood believes there is still plenty of room to grow . “ We ’ re now recycling 70 percent ,
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