Environmental Policy

Updated 7th July 2009

www.tool-net.co.uk is committed to treating the environment with consideration and respect, particularly in the way it affects our staff, our customers and the local communities in which we operate.

Hazardous Waste

The company's day to day business does not produce any hazardous waste.

Disposal of old batteries does represent a hazard, so we invite our customers to return their old batteries to us. We then send them to our manufacturing suppliers for safe and correct disposal.

General Waste Disposal

Our staff are encouraged to re-use paper whenever possible. Paper waste is saved and collected by contractors for recycling.

Other waste is stored in safe bins provided by contractors. These are regularly collected for controlled disposal of the waste in accordance with the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

We undertake to keep the immediate vicinity around our branches clean and safe.

Packaging

It is our policy not to buy in materials for packaging the products we send to our customers but to re-use material from deliveries made to us. In this way we reduce the overall burden of waste to a minimum.

Company Vehicles

We require all our staff to drive in accordance with Highway Code while on company business.

Our vehicles are maintained regularly to provide safe driving with maximum fuel economy and minimum pollution.

Suppliers

We prefer to deal with suppliers who reflect our own respect and consideration for the environment.

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulation 2006 (WEEE)

We will take back free of charge for proper disposal WEEE from private households whenever we provide new EEE. Provided that it is of equivalent type to and has fulfilled the same function as the supplied equipment.

www.tool-net has a policy to minmise the disposal of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and to achieve a high collection of WEE for treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal.

Please do everything you can to help us meet our policy.

Please refer to the www.vca.gov.uk/enforcement/ website for futher information.