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Our Waste Management Plan has been providing guidance to our acquisition, development and property management teams on how to reduce waste and increase recycling since 2005. In 2007/08 our three largest properties, Broadgate, Meadowhall Shopping Centre and Regent's Place, recycled 45% of waste, incinerated 46% and sent the remaining 9% to landfill. In 2007/08 our developments recycled or were projected to recycle an estimated average of 73% of waste, and used or were projected to use an estimated average of 19% recycled materials by value.

In 2007 Broadgate reduced waste by 4% and extended its recycling programme to include confidential paper and batteries, as well as cardboard and glass. All Broadgate buildings are now participating in recycling schemes and several occupiers belong to the Broadgate Environmental Working Group. Revenue generated in rebates for segregated materials was reinvested in the on-site recycling team and recycling equipment. The team was generally pleased with the success of the paper recycling scheme but disappointed not to have increased recycling to the target of 51%. In 2008 they will consider extending the wet and dry waste management system piloted at 10 Exchange Square and Exchange House which has so far achieved 60% recycling. They will also continue the food composting trial with Henderson Global Investors at 4 Broadgate and the ‘Suit for Loot’ clothes recycling in Broadwalk House.

Environmental responsibility is one of our big things, and it's good that British Land also take it seriously. Of particular interest to us is cutting down on waste, and recycling.

Retailer feedback 2007 survey

At York House, our Head Office, each desk is provided with a paper recycling tray and a very small desk top bin rather than an under desk waste bin. Break out areas include recycling bins for glass, paper, aluminium cans and plastic bottles. The printing room also has recycling bins for paper and card. In 2007 paper recycling increased by 66% on the previous year, saving 136 trees. An independent waste audit carried out in 2007 reported that the absence of bins under desks and the provision of desk top paper recycling trays were working well. Areas for improvement included clearer signage and training cleaning staff in keeping the recyclable waste separate from the general waste.

The team at Eastgate Shopping Centre provides retailers with facilities to recycle paper, cardboard and plastic. Savings in disposal costs and rebates from segregated materials fund two full time recycling operatives. They also encourage shoppers to recycle, with special recycling bins around the centre, recycling banks in the car park and a Reverse Vending Machine for aluminium cans and plastic bottles in the Food Court. In 2007 nearly 230 tonnes of materials were sent for recycling. The team aims to reduce waste to landfill by 25% by 2009 and is now reviewing the feasibility of a machine that composts food waste.

Project teams on all our new developments have been working toward a target 20% of materials with recycled content by value and 50% recycling of construction waste since 2004. In 2007 Osnaburgh Street achieved 90% recycling through initiatives such as re-using demolition materials to form a piling mat. As part of the development’s Waste Management Plan the team segregates waste on-site where possible and otherwise takes it to the local transfer station for segregation. They are also using blocks made of 85% recycled materials.

 

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