Increasing awareness of environmental issues is of great importance to the success of our environmental policy and the education of the local community. Blakeley’s are working in conjunction with local education stakeholders to develop educational programmes and activities in line with the national curriculum.

Facts about recycling…

• It takes 24 trees to make 1 ton of newspaper.
• Plastic can take up to 500 years to decompose.
• Each UK family uses an average of 500 glass bottles and jars per year.
• One recycled tin can would save enough energy to power a television for 3 hours.
• One recycled glass bottle would save enough energy to power a computer for 25 minutes.
• One recycled plastic bottle would save enough energy to power a 60 watt light bulb for 3 hours.
• 70% less energy is required to recycle paper compared with making it from raw materials.