Recycling
Spurred on by concerns about the impact of waste disposal practices on the environment, Protector Fire Services Pty Ltd has extended it's waste minimisation initiatives:
Practises include:
- Election of an internal environmental officer to implement and oversee recycling activities
- Recycling of plastics, rubbers, paper products, metals & water
- Undertaking research & development aimed at extracting as many ingredients possible from expired extinguishants normally sent to landfill
- Conversion of our vehicle fleet away from fossil fuels
Results as at June 1, 2010:
- All recycling repositories in position and receiving 100% acceptance.
- 107 tonnes of waste not sent to landfill.
- In discussions with patent holders regarding uses for expired extinguishants.
- 35% of fleet now LPG powered.
