Environmental Policy

Protecting your environment for future generations

Through our Environmental Mission Statement we have publicly committed ourselves to play a practical role in protecting the environment for future generations. The way in which we are turning these words into practical action has earned us the Queen’s Award for Sustainable Development and other prestigious industry awards.

Preserving Natural Resources

J&G Environmental is an ethically-motivated industrial waste disposal company. We have pledged to play a practical role in protecting the environment for future generations both through our commercial activities and our own domestic working practices. We operate almost exclusively in the printing and photographic sectors.

We accept that waste is an inevitable by-product from industry but believe that its proper disposal within the confines of our ‘enclosed’ planet is a major factor in determining the quality and sustainability of our environment. We believe that a ‘discard at will’ attitude is not sustainable and we seek to develop our expertise in the managed collection and re-use of valuable raw materials.

Our Environmental Commitment

At the core of our environmental commitment is the provision of operationally-safe and environmentally-sound waste management services to our customers. To this end we will seek to achieve the following goals:

Investment

To maintain a programme of substantial capital investment in the site infrastructure and plant that we use, so we can constantly improve the range of technical services we provide to our customers.

Training

To provide ongoing training to ensure that all staff are familiar with relevant waste disposal processes, procedures and legislation and are aware of the environmental significance of what they do.

Improving

As an absolute priority, to always seek to maximise the percentage and range of waste that we recycle. This figure currently stands at 95% but our goal is to achieve a 100% recycling rate.

Assisting

To improve environmental awareness and performance throughout the industries we work with by providing advice, guidance and practical assistance to customers seeking to ‘green’ their waste management procedures.

Practising What We Preach

J&G accepts that, as an organisation encouraging environmental good practise among its commercial peers, we ourselves must be a ‘green’ exemplar. We have made a commitment to do this by taking the following steps:

Following Procedures

Operating our own strict Environmental Management System at our sites and following formal management procedures which closely link our business practices with sustainable development.

Monitoring Ourselves

Keeping our business activities under continuous review to measure any potential environmental impact we may have under normal, abnormal and emergency conditions.

Maintaining Standards

Ensuring our continuous registration to the environmental quality standard ISO 14001 (gained in 2001) so that our environmental programme is measured against the best objective assessment available.

Full Disclosure

Fully co-operating with the Environment Agency in its routine inspections of our sites, welcoming their involvement in our work, and safeguarding our Pollution Prevention and Control Permit.

Being Transparent

Encouraging transparency by inviting our customers to come and visit our headquarters so they can inspect our disposal procedures as part of their own Duty of Care and environmental supply chain responsibilities.

Sharing Expertise

Maintaining professional links with the printing industry through associate membership of the BPIF and WAMITAB, and sharing our specialist expertise with these and other industry organisations.

Our Accreditations, Licences & Awards

J&G commits itself to complying with the highest standards of environmental quality and safety.

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