Improving our Sustainability at Abingdon

At our playcentre in Abingdon we care about our carbon footprint and have been taking action to improve our sustainability

Bring your own re-usable cup and you can get a 25p discount on any hot drink
We have a recycling bin for all cardboard waste
Our coffee and Pepsi cups are collected by Simply Waste for specialist recycling
We sell Pokito cups and Snakes and Ladders plastic water bottles to promote re-use
We recycle our cooking oil
We have replaced our bulbs with LED lights
We have replaced all our plastic straws with paper straws
Our bins are labelled to encourage customers to recycle.
We ensure our serving lights are switched off during quiet periods to reduce electricity
We have sourced eco-friendly cutlery options
We support and utilise our local suppliers
We ensure our party room theme lights are switched off when not in use to save electricity

Plastic can take 100s of years to fully decompose
The average person living in the UK uses around 200kg of paper every year
For every tonne of recycled newspaper, 17 trees are saved
Each UK household produces over 1 tonne of waste per year. This is the weight of a small car
In less than 2 hours the UK produces enough waste to fill the Albert Hall