Staffordshire-based education, office and hospitality furniture suppliers Cost Cutters UK have undertaken a clean up operation at local beauty spot Chasewater to mark World Environment Day, filling bags with discarded litter and disposable barbecues to protect wildlife and preserve its landscape.
Earlier this year, the Burntwood-based business, which supplies a wide range of furniture to the office sector as well as furniture, teaching resources and learning materials to the education sector, pledged to dedicate time to more community and charity initiatives, and in-keeping with that promise, volunteers from company headed to the reservoir on June 5th armed with litter pickers and rubbish bags to clear up debris and litter left behind by visitors.
Alicia Hulland, Brand Executive for Cost Cutters UK, said: “With our Burntwood Business Park office being located so close to Chasewater, we’ve been lucky enough to enjoy regular walks around the beauty spot in our lunch breaks and we really appreciate having such a natural resource and so much wildlife on our doorstep.
“When one of our team suggested we should mark World Environment Day by actively involving ourselves with the local environment as well as improving our internal sustainability and environmental policies, we realised that a little effort, we could make a big difference for the many visitors to the area, who like us, enjoy spending time at Chasewater and want to maintain it.
“Four of us spent the day clearing various areas around the site, and it we really felt like we were making an impact, albeit in a small way. We collected four big bags of litter, and we were disappointed by some of the things we collected – heaps of crisp packets and plastic bottles and a surprising number of disposable barbecues that had been left behind by people enjoying the recent spell of sunshine, but that could cause harm to the ducks, birds and other wildlife that make Chasewater their home,” said Alicia.
Alicia said that the team were proud to have done something to both protect the wildlife at the reservoir and to ensure the area was looked after and felt that it was an important step in the business’ mission to improve its environmental policies, values and sustainability.
“We had a real sense of having done something important for the local community, and we now plan to take part in clean up operations like this regularly around Burntwood to make it as enjoyable an environment for those of us who live and work here as possible.
“We’d love to see other local businesses do the same, even spending half an hour focusing on one area of the town can make a big difference,” she added.
