Carbon reduction

We recognise that the Trust is a significant consumer of energy and natural resources and are taking action to minimise the amount of carbon emissions from our activities.  Click on the link to learn more about our Carbon Footprint and our Carbon Management Plan.

Travel and Transport

Service 99 - our shuttle bus

 

We encourage our staff to leave their cars at home, to use public transport, to cycle and to keep active by walking more.

Service 99, our half-hourly Shuttle Bus, was introduced several years ago in partnership with Stagecoach.  This connects the two hospital sites and the Cheltenham Race Course Park and Ride facility.  Used by many of our staff, it is also available to the public and makes a valuable contribution to reducing the county's carbon emissions.  The Shuttle is free to staff travelling to work or between the hospitals. 

Other initiatives to reduce travel

These include;

• a new e-travel claims system which enables us to monitor more closely the amount of business travel which is undertaken by staff
• cycle to work schemes with subsidised cycle purchase, secure partking for cycles and motor cycles, and shower and changing facilities
• fleet and lease car review
• car sharing for staff
• rationalisation of deliveries to site
• reducing travel associated with meetings through greater use of conference calls and video links
• e-learning
• our mobile chemotherapy unit which takes this important service to our patients, to save them making long journeys to receive their treatment
• working with our commissioners and partners to explore opportunities for telemedicine initiatives. 

Recycling

We try to reduce the amount of waste which we produce and send to landfill and continue each year to increase the level of recycling.  At present, the following types of materials are recycled:

• flourescent light tubes
• dry mixed recycling - cans, bottles and  plastic
• paper and cardboard
• polythene wrapping
• toner and printer cartridges
• waste electrical items
• metal
• glass
• polystyrene
• batteries
• some chemicals
• garden waste which is sent for composting.