Environmental Statement
Galaxy CI is committed to preventing wastefulness, reducing negative impact on the environment; re-using materials where possible and recycling the residue in order to recover the value of waste materials in collaboration with its Suppliers, Customers and Business Partners. Our commitments are aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
UN SDG Goal 4: Quality Education
We are committed to raising awareness about the environmental and sustainability issues within our industry by sharing information via our website, social media, articles and journals, site visits, presentations, charity events and via dialogue with our Customers and the wider community.
We are also actively developing career pathways within the waste and recycling industry, and offer Employees a variety of vocational training options including IEMA, NEBOSH and IOSH Environmental and Health & Safety Qualifications as well as vehicle and plant training. We are committed to the Guernsey Employment Trust Employment Charter.
We monitor our progress against this goal on a quarterly and annual basis.
UN SDG Goal 12: Responsible Production and Consumption
We are committed to conserving the world’s natural resources. By increasing the re-use and recycling of electrical waste we can reduce the adverse impact on the environment caused by mining for raw materials, reduce energy associated with manufacturing "new," and reduce import and export to and from the island.
We support the Circular Economy and abide by a Zero-To-Landfill Policy.
We seek to re-use packaging materials, hardware and electrical waste whever possible; and recycle those materials which cannot be reused. For example, if there is no market value for a particular PC; we may be able to reuse some of the component parts but recycle the exterior metal and plastic chassis and cabling. Recovery is the last resort.
We carefully audit our supply chains and off-takers and engage only with those who reuse, recycle and recover materials in humane, safe, responsible and sustainable ways.
We are monitoring our progress against this Goal via the monthly and quarterly stats recorded in our environmental management systems.
UN SDG Goal 17: Parternships
We work closely with public, commercial and third sectors in order to raise awareness of the importance of reuse and recycling, environmental conservation and sustainability.
We maintain strong working relationships with other waste and environmental interest groups in order to respond quickly to regulatory changes affecting our industry and customers.
Continual Improvement
We are committed to achieving continual improvements across all areas of our business, in order to minimise our impact on the environment.
We regularly review our management systems and key performance indicators in order to identify where we can make improvements, in compliance with the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standard.
Our quality, environmental and information security management systems are audited by an external agency twice a year.
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