WALSDEN CRICKET &
BOWLING CLUB
The Environmental Policy
covers all aspects of the Walsden Cricket &
Bowling Club operations from good housekeeping measure such as recycling
grass cuttings, recycling cans and bottles, using both sides of paper prior to
recycling and to ensure that investments made are environmentally sound. The policy also commits us to promoting
suppliers and services that adhere to environmentally sound ways of operating.
All members must have access
to the Environmental Policy through the club notice board and website. The Environmental Policy should be regularly
referred to in decision-making and through committee meetings that involve the
3Rs Reduce, Re-use and Recycle. It is
to be included during the induction of new members, committee members and
volunteers at the club.
Walden Cricket & Bowling
Club practises the principles of the 3Rs:
1) Reduce
waste where possible by thinking about what we buy and how we use it.
·
Reduce
the production of waste and develop effective waste management and recycling
procedures.
·
Non-essential
documents and e-mails will not be printed.
·
We will
annually review which internal documents and external publications are
essential, if they are not they will be cancelled thus reducing waste and
saving money.
·
We will endeavour
to avoid disposable cups and food packaging bought by the club for events.
·
We will
ensure all printing and photocopying is done on double-sided paper.
2) Reuse wherever possible by trying to
find a second life for items especially paper and office stationery.
·
We have
a policy of make do and mend now called reduce, reuse recycle. Where possible we repair benches and seating,
we keep our ground in good order, we use our coaching, cricket and ground
maintenance equipment season after season where it is serviceable and meets the
needs of the club and its members.
·
Scrap
paper will be used in printers, during meetings, for taking messages and for
writing notes or draft copies of documents.
·
Envelopes
and packaging will be reused where possible.
3) Recycle
as the least preferred option of the 3Rs.
·
Walsden Cricket
& Bowling Club will have a nominated committee member who will have the
responsibility to recycle bottles, cans, paper, cardboard, toner cartridges and
inkjets will also be recycled.
·
If club
furniture, equipment or IT equipment is being replaced then Walsden
Cricket & Bowling Club will seek to have those items reused or recycled.
·
Grass
cuttings will be collected and recycled for agricultural fertilizers.
Recycled paper
Walsden Cricket
& Bowling Club will buy recycled paper.
We will endeavour switching all publications and general office papers
to 100% post-consumer waste recycled papers, any additional purchasing costs
will be balanced against reduced consumption.
Fair trade
Walsden Cricket
& Bowling Club will seek to purchase fair traded and environmentally sound
goods. When catering for events at our
club food should be organic, and tea and coffee should be fair-traded.
Travel
Walsden Cricket
& Bowling Club will promote the use of cycling and walking as the main
means of travel to meetings at the club and local cricket matches and
practice. We will also ensure the use of
public transport for the majority of journeys to matches. For journeys that require cars, car sharing
will be encouraged.
Energy
Walsden Cricket
& Bowling Club will seek to minimise the use of energy in its
activities. Electric light bulbs are
being replaced with those that are more energy efficient. Lights and equipment will be switched on only
when needed and not out of routine.
Heating will be kept to a minimum and the thermostats will be regularly
checked to ensure they are not set too high, thereby promoting the need to open
windows. Walsden
Cricket & Bowling Club are continually
investigating more efficient means of heating and power supply to pursue our
green policy.
The
environmental policy will be reviewed annually.
All aspects of the policy are monitored as an ongoing practice. An annual review will be carried out by a sub
committee of the general committee.
Name: C Barker, Secretary
..
Date: January 2010
..