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This guidance is for all businesses that have an office. Managing an office could involve a number of activities including:
- waste recycling and disposal
- heating, ventilating and cooling
- lighting
- maintaining the water supply and plumbing systems
- catering
- cleaning
- maintaining the building and any grounds or landscaping around it
- car parking
- purchasing office equipment and supplies.
Environmental impacts of offices
Offices can have a number of impacts on the environment. Examples include:
- air emissions from boilers or heating and cooling systems
- noise pollution from car parks or site maintenance
- resource use such as energy, water and office supplies, eg paper
- waste disposal, such as food waste, paper, office equipment or worn out fixtures and fittings
- water pollution from unauthorised discharges, eg from catering facilities, contaminated run-off from car parks or storing cleaning or chemical products.
Sut gall NetRegs eich helpu chi?
Medrai ein cyfarwyddyd eich helpu i:
- osgoi cael eich erlyn a derbyn llai o ymweliadau oddi wrth reolyddion amgylcheddol
- cynyddu effeithlonrwydd a chynhyrchiant
- cwtogi ar eich costau gweithredu
- bod yn fwy tebygol o gaffael busnes o gyrff llywodraethol a busnesau mawr sy’n mynnu fod eu partneriaid busnes yn rheoli eu heffeithiau amgylcheddol mewn dull effeithiol
- gwella enw da eich busnes ymhlith y staff, cwsmeriaid a’r cyhoedd
- gwella’r siawns o ennill noddiant er mwyn ehangu eich busnes drwy arddangos fod eich effeithiau ar yr amgylchedd yn cael eu rheoli’n dda.
This campaign being supported by European Pathway to Zero Waste (EPOW) - a LIFE+ funded programme that will investigate practical ways to achieve zero waste to landfill.
