Waste management and CSR
Sustainability is at the forefront of everything we do.
BMG is a leading provider of re-use, recycling, and resource recovery solutions. We’re dedicated to developing new and innovative solutions that elongate the lifecycle and capacity of the world’s resources. Our flexible and adaptable approach to resource management demonstrates a clear understanding of the fast changing and ever evolving market sector.
We provide in-depth reports on our waste management practices and processes so that you can be sure that all items are being dealt with in the most sustainable way possible.
We've created a handy PDF that details the estimated carbon footprint of common office furniture items. This is a great way to determine how much carbon can be saved through sustainable furniture management.
Alternatives to landfill
Our core objective is to support the lifecycle of redundant or surplus office furniture and avoid sending it to landfill. We do this in two ways:
- Provide a second life through closed-loop solutions – donating to community projects, re-distributing to schools via the Business 2 Schools initiative, and charities, resale, or remodelling. We have long-term relationships with charities, schools, and community partners across the UK to ensure reuse of redundant furniture within local communities.
- Recovering as much of the material as possible, to recycle and convert materials to support the manufacture of other products and to support the production of energy.
These options maximise the environmental, social, and commercial benefits, while ensuring landfill disposal is minimised.
Expert partners
We work with industry-leading partners across the UK to achieve our sustainability goals. We identify and partner with companies that provide a range of solutions to prevent office furniture from going to landfill, including refurbishment, recycling, and upcycling.
In the case of our recycling partners, we look for companies that break down every item into individual parts. Those parts – plastic, rubber, metal – can then be sent to companies that use them in the manufacturing of new products. We then provide our clients with detailed reports, so they know exactly what happened to each item and the environmental benefits that have come from avoiding landfill.
As well as working with local partners in our key markets, we work with a global waste management company to utilise its recycling and resource recovery options. Every part of an unwanted office item can be reused, from wood becoming animal bedding to plastic being processed into compounds that have a variety of uses.
Contributing to the circular economy is a key objective for Business Moves Group. In 2023, we won Enva's 'Reuse' category in its Love Recycling Awards for our success in reuse and redistribution of furniture and other equipment across commercial and charity partners.
Enhanced business intelligence
We have invested in business intelligence reporting to provide our customers with a market-leading and flexible reporting system. This delivers the following benefits:
- It is fully configurable for client-specific reporting requirements
- A KPI dashboard includes adjustable parameters for tailored reporting
- Works for single or multiple sites
- Data-management reviews assist in targeting future enhancements and modifications
- Financial data reports on the efficiency and cost-savings achieved through best practice waste management
For an increasing number of businesses, sustainability is a necessity, not a choice. Senior leadership places greater emphasis on CSR, customers want to know they are supporting sustainable businesses, and employees want to work for a company that matches their own environmental concerns.
When you partner with us, you can be assured that we’ll help you tick all the sustainability boxes. Contact us today to discuss how we can support your office move.
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