Marks & Spencer has become the UK’s first large
company to commit itself to stop dumping IT equipment in landfill
sites.
The commitment to stop using landfill sites was announced
alongside plans to make the business carbon neutral by 2012. Marks
& Spencer also plans to overhaul its supply chain so that twice
as much food is sourced from the UK within the next 12 months.
Every IT department in the UK has to return electronic equipment
to companies that will dispose of the goods without damaging the
environment. IT users have to comply with the WEEE regulations by
July this year.
Marks & Spencer’s chief executive Stuart Rose said, “We will
become carbon neutral, only using offsetting as a last resort.”
The retailer plans to cut its CO2 emissions by 80% –
the target set for British businesses by last year’s Stern Review
of the consequences of global warming.
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