Improving our Sustainability at Dunstable

At our playcentre in Dunstable 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 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 increased the amount we recycle, greatly reducing the amount we send to general waste
Our paper plates are compostable
We have replaced all our plastic straws with paper straws and our star slush straws are compostable
We have installed motion sensor lights in areas to reduce electricity used when not in use
All staff members use re-usable cups
We are offering a vegan mountain burger which has a smaller carbon foot print
When possible staff take home coffee grounds to use on their home grown veg or to put into their garden compost bins
We use wooden tea stirrers as opposed to plastic tea stirrers
Our bins are labelled to encourage customers to recycle their items
We often turn off ‘auto receipt’ to reduce the amount of paper used

Plastic can take 100 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