Environment week at Felixstowe

A number of initiatives were launched during the week, including a ‘Turn- Off’ campaign, reminding dockside and office staff to switch off unused equipment and a Green Travel Plan, encouraging co-workers to lift share, use public transport, or cycle to work. “There is greater pressure than ever before, upon both businesses and individuals, to look at the way we live and to reduce the impact we have on the environment,” says Chris Lewis, Chief Executive Officer of the Hutchison Ports (UK) Limited, which owns the Port of Felixstowe. “In addition to the actions we are taking as a company, and as a sign of the Port’s commitment to this initiative, we will be giving each of our 2,800 employees in Felixstowe a free low-energy light bulb to use at home to help reduce their individual impacts upon the environment. I hope that Environment Week will be merely the start, that everyone at the Port will engage with the initiative, and that we will continue to work together towards a ‘greener’ future,” In addition, temporary

Employees get a free low-energy light bulb to use at home’

recycling points will be located on the Port to encourage the recycling of household waste, whilst permanent recycling points will be installed near vending machines to maintain the port’s recycling commitment beyond ‘Environment Week’ itself. The Port is also progressing various other projects to improve its environmental performance. These include working with the Carbon Trust to develop its carbon management programme, and to reduce energy used in buildings, lighting and equipment, as well as increasing the amount of waste sent for recycling.