Waste is a significant contributor to our footprint on the Estate and over the years we have evolved our processes to deal with the problem in a number of ways. We separate out our food waste and this is then collected and turned into biogas via anaerobic digestion. From used coffee grounds we grow mushrooms and our vegetable peelings are given to our goats at Swinton Bivouac. General waste is processed to create electricity within Yorkshire, instead of going to landfill. Working with our external partners we compact our cardboard which, along with our office paper, is then shredded to create fuel pellets that are sold for use in biomass boilers. Our used cooking oil is also recycled into bio-diesel.
Where we can, we source from suppliers that use recycled packaging, and we return plastic bottles as part of our overall waste management service which is subsequently recycled further. In a closed loop, our glass is recycled and reformed.
