A MAJOR York employer has turned its offices green to highlight UK Recycle Week.
Nestlé, the world’s biggest food and drink manufacturer, has turned its Nestlé House base on Haxby Road green and is displaying the recycling symbol from dawn to dusk this week.
The effect has been achieved using low energy LED lights with electricity produced on-site from Nestlé’s combined heat and power plant.
Nestlé UK & Ireland head of sustainability Anna Turrell said: “We are very proud to be supporting Recycle Week in the UK.
"The issue of packaging waste is one that we all have a role to play in tackling.
"Recycling is a critical part of the solution.
"At Nestlé, we are working hard to create a truly circular economy by eliminating waste and creating a value for our packaging materials like plastic so it can have multiple lives and uses.
"We are making some good progress in our ambition to have 100 per cent of our packaging recyclable or re-usable by 2025, but we recognise there is still a lot more to do.
"Working together with industry, government and consumers, we can achieve higher recycling rates."
Recycle Week runs until Sunday.
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