More U turns than a learner driver or is it purely lack of business planning?
I can’t help but notice that our current government have done more u-turns in the last few weeks than a lost driver. Some of these have included;
The re-organisation of the NHS (despite earlier promises)
The sell off of our forests (some of these are ancient Royal Forests)
Free milk (one day they were withdrawing it, then no they weren’t)
The Lisbon Treaty (what happened to the promised vote?)
In addition they have been told by the courts that the cancellation of the schools building programme was illegal. All of this does beg the question “what is going on?”
I always thought that our governments would develop a plan, discuss it in Parliament, refine it and then implement it. All they seem to doing at the moment is falling off their bikes.
Most businesses have some form of plan with targets and deadlines and generally then get on and do it. Increasingly more enlightened companies have embraced some form of environmental management as part of their business strategy. As the costs of fuel, they are in a stronger position than their competitors, because they measure and manage their energy use. The ongoing recession is not going to make it any easier for any business but there is an opportunity to improve performance and reduce costs by minimising waste which includes not just rubbish, but heat, light and materials.
So what can we do about rubbish and waste? A good approach is to walk around your premises and have a look at what you are throwing away. Look in your bins and skips. Ask the questions what and why you are throwing it away. The why is the question we don’t ask enough? For example, is the paper you are throwing away printed on both sides, or why does there seem to be too many rejects or damaged products in your skips. It is not rocket science but these simple steps can reap a big reward in starting to identify what you are wasting and if you are not throwing things away then you not adding to the rubbish in land fill sites.
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GOOD PRACTICE HINT: If you can not cut down on the volume of waste cardboard, flatten or crush it to reduce its volume.
