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• To ensure that where possible all by-products of its
processes are reused or recycled as chippings, compost, mulches,
fence posts, pit props or sold as logs as appropriate.
• Ensure that its activities are safe for all employees
and public alike.
• Comply with all legislative
and legal requirements
• Encourage best environmental practices.
• Operate an Environmental Management System to fulfill
this policy
This commitment extends to
all areas of its business whether carried out on its own or
on its customer’s premises.
It further aims to continuously improve its environmental
performance in order to safeguard the quality of the environment
both locally and globally.
To facilitate its commitment it will operate as follows:
Landfill
By-products are placed in skips only as a last resort, after
all other avenues have been exhausted
Tree surgery
Large tree sections are stored and used for bespoke timbers.
Small branches, hedge cuttings
and prunings etc., are chipped/ shredded together with leaves
or needles and sold as green compost, woodchip and mulches.
Topsoil
Topsoil is reused on site wherever possible or mixed with
composted mulch for resale.
Hard landscaping
Materials are reused on site wherever possible either whole
or as hardcore.
Non biodegradable waste
This is disposed to specialist contractors.
Landscaping biodiversity
Clients are encouraged to have landscaping plans take account
of good environmental practice. To consider the impact on
insect life and its consequences on the indigenous fauna and
flora.
Machinery and equipment
Tree Fella Plc ensures that all its vehicles and equipment
are in good and safe working order, with special attention
given to oil or fluid leakage.
Legislation and regulations
To ensure that all applicable legislation and regulations
are adhered to.
It is company policy to keep up to date and implement the
requirements of all new environmental legislation.
Management responsibility
Tree Fella management are responsible for communicating to
all employees the environmental need of the company and for
enacting its environmental policy.
Chemicals
Where it is absolutely necessary to use chemicals, those used
are as environmentally friendly as possible and are applied
with due regard to the prevailing conditions (season, time
of day, weather conditions, local wildlife, humans)
Local requirements
It is the aim of Tree Fella Plc, irrespective of any regulations
or legislation to be a good neighbour, and while undertaking
its arboricultural and recycling activities to reduce to a
minimum any adverse environmental impacts.
Review of environmental
policy, objectives and targets
Tree Fella Plc have a number of environmental objectives,
which are communicated to its staff, and to the public. These
targets are set and regularly reviewed by means of its environmental
auditing, non-conformance control and management review
processes.
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