At the green house we are committed to pushing the boundaries of what our industry offers the market. For many years the ‘model’ of waste management has been broken in this writers opinion and the gap has become wider and wider especially in the last 5 years. There is a fundamental reason for this:

A couple of weeks ago I attended the annual MRW Retailers Waste and Recycling Conference in London. the green house were actually due to host the first day workshops at the event but the credit crunch had firmly done its ob and delegate numbers were disapointingly low and it was pulled.I went along anyway because a few of our clients were attending but also because one of our key accounts, Lush, the natural health and beauty retailer, were one of the keynote speakers. The talk was given by Ruth Andrade the Environmental Officer for Lush UK and a very passionate and active environmentalist.

At the green house it is usually any excuse for a bit of silliness but if there is a good cause involved then all the better. This years Comic Relief has had lot’s of press for beating the old credit crunch and surpassing 2008′s total amount raised. It currently stands at a whopping £60,000,000 which is just brilliant and the green house we are pleased to have made our own little contribution by holding a Friday day of fun. This included amongst other things the cream cracker challenge and Bosses Brews where for a small fee the Directors would make anyone in the company a brew of choice! Back to the floor or what??

Often in a company growing as quickly as diversly as the green house it can be easy to dilute what you have already created and also alienate yourselves from potential clients who are not able to understand what it is you offer.

I am really pleased to announce that the green house has been awarded the national waste and recycling contract for The Body Shop in the UK. The contract covers over 100 of the retail stores as well as distribution centres based in Littlehampton.