The Group’s businesses generate non-hazardous waste and, to a lesser extent, hazardous waste. Although definitions vary from country-to-country, hazardous waste may include items such as batteries and electronic equipment; non-hazardous waste typically includes materials such as paper, plastic and metal.
Wolseley aims to measure and minimise the waste generated by its business activities. As well as reducing our environmental impact, reducing the waste we produce in our operations also has the beneficial effect of lowering waste removal costs. Our Group waste performance can be seen in the table below.
The data below for 2008 and 2007 is provided only as a record of historic data reported. For the reasons stated in the environmental performance section, including the overall improvement in the quality of data produced since 2007, it is not useful to provide a direct comparison with the Group’s environmental performance in previous years, nor does it provide a useful indication of future trends.
