North promotes a range of policies throughout its offices which are aimed at reducing its carbon footprint. Wherever possible we reduce, reuse or recycle.
North is, in principle, committed to developing a paperless office environment. With that in mind, new business systems are currently being designed and implemented, which are geared towards promoting a paperless office environment.
Where printing of documentation remains necessary, North is committed to double-sided printing in order to save paper, energy and costs.
North contracts with "Shred-it". "Shred-it" provides document destruction facilities for confidential papers and documentation."Shred-it" collection bins are located throughout the office. All destroyed documentation is recycled and North receives Environmental Certificates from "Shred-it" each year indicating how many trees it has saved by contracting with "Shred-it". In 2010 we saved 86.7 trees through this process of recycling alone.
Where practicable North collects and recycles all other paper, cardboard, food and drink cans, foil and foil trays, glass and plastic bottles, printer cartridges and mobile telephones. This is achieved by reducing the amount of personal waste bins to encourage our staff to use the recycle points situated throughout our office in Newcastle.
In recent years the amount of waste sent to landfill generated by North has halved as a result of its recycling policies.