Environmental Policy
Abacus Renewable Energy are committed to doing as much as we can to protect the environment.
To that end we have adopted a simple philosophy.
Reduce
- We are always looking at ways of reducing our energy consumption both in the office and at home
- We use low energy lighting.
- We only half fill our vehicles with fuel, less weight less fuel consumption.
- We check our tyre pressure regularly, correct tyre pressure equals better fuel economy.
- We reuse old paperwork for notepads.
- We have recently invested in a printer with a duplex facility to print on both sides thereby using less paper.
- Every evening if an item can be turned off at the mains, it is.
- We only print our emails if it is absolutely necessary.
Reuse
- We will always reuse any item first before deciding if it can be recycled or disposed of.
- All of our module mounting rails are measured and reused where possible
- All of our off cuts of cable are measured and reused where possible
- We reuse any packing materials that we receive.
Recycle
- We will always recycle any item that we can including:
- The wooden pallets that the modules are delivered on are chopped up and used on our own wood burning stove, these cannot be reused as they are not standard pallet size.
- All of the off cuts of cable and aluminium module rail that can’t be reused.
- All of the modules and inverter cardboard packing.
For every job we complete we pay to have a tree planted in the name of our customer at Alladale Forrest in the Scottish Highlands.