CALL centre staff are going green in a bid to make their new offices kinder to the environment.
Garlands employees in South Shields are getting behind a host of new environmental initiatives introduced by the company.
They are focused on energy, such as switching off computers, recycling paper, plastic and cans, using biodegradable cleaning products and travel, for example, introducing a car sharing scheme.
Environment manager Martyn Collins has been encouraged by the way the initiatives, introduced over the last 12 months, have been received.
He said: "Everyone seems to want to do their bit – and collectively we believe we can make a difference.
"For every tonne of paper recycled, for example, we can save 17 trees, and across the whole of the Garlands group, we estimate we will recycle more than 15 tonnes this year. That's a saving of over 250 trees."
Many staff have volunteered to serve as environmental floor champions, including customer service advisor Jackie Fewster.
She said: "We put out bins for recycling paper and plastic bottles every morning – and every night take them away full."
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