Being situated on the coast, we are lucky enough to be able to appreciate, daily, the beauty of our surroundings first hand.
We acknowledge the importance of conserving this by reducing our environmental impact and promoting a more sustainable style of tourism.
We are very aware that our existence here has a direct effect
and we are committed to continuously improving our environmental management and implementing a policy with the following principal actions:

√  Minimize and deal responsibly with all our waste and endeavour to recycle as many materials as possible and encourage our customers and suppliers to do the same.

√ Monitor our consumption of energy and water and implement procedures to reduce this each year.

√ Train our employees and raise awareness of the importance of their participation and their responsibility for protecting the environment.

√ Work with local suppliers and try to ensure that they recognise and reduce the environmental impact of their products and transportation.

√ Ensure that, as an absolute minimum, we abide by all relevant legislation.

Before you visit us, why not find out more about the local wildlife you might see?

www.mcsuk.org
www.cornwallwildlife.org.uk

or...........

find out more about the positive things happening in the southwest with regards to a more sustainable future for tourism and business....

www.green-business.co.uk
www.cstn.org.uk

We are always looking for ways to reduce our environmental impact and promote responsible and sustainable tourism. Any ideas or feedback are always welcomed!

Local Transport:

Some useful numbers to help you with your onward journey from Porthtowan...

National Rail 0845 700 0125
Nearest stations are: Redruth 4.3 miles Truro 9.5 miles

www.transportdirect.info

Hopleys Bus service 01872 553786

Service 304. Porthtowan to Truro - Monday's to Friday's

Service 304. Porthtowan to Truro - Saturday's

Cycle hire Elm Farm 01872 890140 / 01209 891498
www.cornwallcyclehire.com

Taxi firms
St Agnes: 01872 553795 / 07778 436753
Truro: 0800 318708
Camborne: 01209 719961
Redruth: 01209 314040

Environmental Audit:

Energy:
Coffee machines & Glass washers
- Coffee machines consume 1-2kw per hr when on standby
- Glass machines consume 0.5-1kw per hr when on standby
These machines should be switched off at the mains when not used for more than 2 hours. (Especially boardroom equipment which wasted around 8000kwh, 3500kg co2 £700 last year by being left on standby)

Kitchen equipment
- Leaving kitchen equipment switched on and ready for use is a problem in most commercial kitchens.
- This kitchen equipment costs £2 per hour to run on LPG. This means if the equipment is on from 10am – 10pm every day, it costs £168 per week.
- In addition, not using lids on pans and fryers adds another 25% to their energy consumption.
Gas rings, extraction, grills, pizza oven should only be turned on just before they are needed & turned off as soon as they are finished for service.
If these items of equipment can be shut down even for 1 hour more per day this would show annual savings of around 12000kWh – 1400Kg co2.

Fridges / coolers – annual cost 64000kWh / £7000
- The boardroom cooler should be shut down during the weekdays that the bar is closed. This would save 3000kWh per year.
- The cellar in blue should be turned off overnight & turned back on 1 hr before service.
- The under bar flash coolers can be shut down overnight and turned on again around 1 hour before service. This would save 4000kWh per year
- The under counter fridges should be turned off properly (inside fridge @ back) at night and turned on again 1 hr before service.
- The cellar door must be kept closed at all times as this adds another 25% to energy consumption.
By following the above we should be able to achieve an annual saving of 18000kWh 7750Kg co2.

Office Equipment
- The computer monitor accounts for around 60% of the power consumed by the computer. Turning this off at the button will stop this wastage.
- Printers consume significant amounts of power when left on standby overnight. A printer left on standby overnight typically consumes enough energy to print 5000 A4 copies!
- TV`s, projectors, sound equipment left on standby will consume aprox 20w per hour. This equates to 500kWh of waste per year. This can be saved by turning them off at the wall or switch.

Lighting - annual costs 36000kWh / 16600Kg co2 / £3600
- Storerooms, cellars, beer shed, kitchen store, outside lighting (esp. back courtyard), Boardroom & boardroom kitchen/cellar are all randomly left on when not needed.
- Bar lights only need to be put on just before service
- By turning off the lights (not in the general public area) when not needed would significantly reduce the energy consumption.

By only turning on lights when they are needed would save up to 13500kWh / 5800Kg co2 per year.

Energy consumption figures

Electricity – annual demand = 135000kWh

LPG gas – annual demand = 152000Wh

Raw Materials
- Fair trade and local produce used wherever possible
- Always ask suppliers what is locally produced. Design menus as much as possible to include local produce
Problems with suppliers are that they are leaving veg / bread / milk trays behind. In order to combat this we need to make sure that delivery drivers are at least leaving with the same amount of trays as they delivered.
For the suppliers that deliver before the bar is staffed we need to make sure that empties are being left where the delivery will be and that the suppliers are being contacted regularly to arrange pick ups.
- Monitoring sundry useage. People should be aware of what they are using for things like mopping up spillages, cleaning shelves etc. Napkins should only be used by customers. Cloths can replace blue roll on most occasions.

Waste
- A large amount of waste is produced every year with a large %age going straight to landfill.
- Problems with finding an alternative for food waste . ( being addressed)
- Separate bins for glass/tins, plastics, cardboard and paper which must be used properly (staff training) and more bins if necc.
By being stricter on seperating waste especially paper(to include & tin in the kitchen
We should be able to achieve at least 4 less biffa bins per week going to landfill over a year this equates to enough rubbish to fill blue and the boardroom from floor to ceiling………

Water
- 1964M3 of water is consumed over a year . This equates to 75% of the volume of an olympic swimming pool 50m long and 25m wide.
- This can be reduced by 25% if the washing machines/dishwashers/glasswashers are only used when full and if taps are not left running.

Daily routines to reduce environmental impact:
- Only turn lights on when needed (alcove lights do not need to go on until its dark.
- Turn off equipment after service and back on 1 hr before service
a.) all kitchen equipment (including microwaves)
b.) coffee machine / glass washer
c.) all bar fridges, bar coolers & cellar cooler
d.) Printers, tvs, audio equipment turned off
- Do not waste water, do not leave taps running
- Wash coffee cups in kitchen dishwasher so no running tap in bar
- Only use washing machine / glass washer etc when full
- Ordering
a.) Be aware that every time you order something it requires delivering. Transport uses fuel & directly effects the local environment with big trucks on the road, noise and pollution.
b.) We have a lot of storage area so when possible, use it.
c.) For items that are not ordered fresh (ie drinks, sundries) place one big order rather than smaller daily orders to reduce the number of deliveries.
- Stick to splitting waste
a.) Glass bins – bottles , glasses, tins
b.) Plastics bins – milk containers, water bottles, plastic from packaging
c.) Paper bins – paper, envelopes, letters, napkins, till receipts, newspapers etc
d.) Cardboard – boxes must have all plastic taken off and flat packed
- Re use paper as much as possible
- Reduce the use of napkins / blue roll
- Encourage customers to only take what they need (sugar/napkins etc)
- Place empty ink cartridges in SAS box in office

GENERAL
- Understand this businesses environmental impact
- Make that extra effort to split the waste, think before turning something on
- Engage with customers
- Be Proud of the bit you are doing to make a difference.

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