The Norway Inn and The Environment

As a business and as individuals, we at The Norway feel strongly about our responsibility to our environment. We adopt environmentally friendly policies and continuously look for new avenues that sustain our environment. Here are examples of some of the policies we have in place:

Waste - Every effort is being made to reduce our carbon footprint

Food - New for 2008 - all our food waste is now carefully stored and sent weekly to the Holdsworthy Bio Gas plant to be recycled into methane and used to make electricity and organic fertilizer for local farmers

Tins - These are now washed and sent along with the glass to be recycled

Plastic Bottles - These are now washed and sent along with the glass to be recycled

Glass - all waste glass is separated and recycled. Waste glass, of whatever colour, is taken away and ground into 3mm granules. It is then used as aggregate in road building thereby saving on the need to quarry sand and aggregate from the countryside.

Cardboard - likewise cardboard in separated and recycled, being pulped and re manufactured.

Both of these measures reduce the amount of trade waste being taken to land fill sites that are reaching capacity.

Food mileage

Over 95% of our food is sourced locally, thereby vastly reducing the “food miles” otherwise travelled. This means we consistently use the freshest of local produce and protect the environment with associated environmental side effects of road transportation fossil fuel usage, fumes and emissions into the ozone layer.

Energy management

We maintain a policy of minimising fuel wastage. This ranges from starting up and closing down our commercial kitchen equipment in a timely and efficient way, to use it only when needed. Likewise our heating is controlled by timers and thermostats. We have also re introduced our open fire that adds to the ambiance of the Norway and uses non fossil fuel.

In 2005 we fitted new wall lights throughout the building, that use low wattage bulbs and areas are individually controlled by dimmer switches. Where possible in other areas of the building we use low voltage energy saving light bulbs.

Ink Cartridges

Used cartridges are always sent to either children’s charities or passed the “Rider Lifeboat) base in Looe / Polperro, Cornwall, to be recycled with funds being raised for those organisations.

Internal Notepaper

We never need to buy this as we recycle the used back of menus and other scrap paper.

Maintaining the rural environment

We are located not only within a conservation area but a tree preservation area. Every three years we work in liaison with our local authority and obtain planning permission to prune and tidy the overgrowth surrounding the Norway Inn’s boundaries. This major “tidy up” has been most recently completed in April 2006 and we are smart again for our neighbours and visitors to enjoy.

Free Trade Products

Our Coffee, Chocolate & Tea

 

 

Darlington's supplies freshly roasted gourmet coffee, including some excellent Fair Trade and Organic beans. We source beans from all coffee regions; Central America, the Caribbean, East & Southern Africa, Asia and Australasia.

We go direct to the farmer which enables us to trade fairly as well as monitor the quality of the coffee from farm to roasting plant.

 

 

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