31st October 2006, 03:19 PM
As staff, we do our best with the usual green bins in the office, and there are members of staff who (off their own backs) look after things like mobile 'phone recycling, but for a County authority, I think this place is surprisingly poor. Corporately, "we" get rid of perfectly good office furniture, have a bizarre non-adjustable office heating system, have nowhere near enough pool cars (which have only recently been reintroduced after being removed about four years ago), no apparent policy on recycling computer hardware (apart from printer cartridges) and no real incentives or network for car-sharing. We're obviously not an archaeological organisation, so perhaps not such a good example for answering Paul's original question. However everyone out there pays their taxes to organisations like this - if other Councils are similarly bad, we should all be concerned.
Having said that, this place does have a great line in recycling outdated and ineffective rotten old management initiatives.
Having said that, this place does have a great line in recycling outdated and ineffective rotten old management initiatives.