Environment

Did you know?

The goody bag you receive at the end of our challenges will not only have goodies for you to take home but it will also phyto-degrade which means that once the bag is exposed to light and heat it starts to degrade...don't worry you will be able to use it quite a few times before it begins to disintegrate so make the most of it!....Just another way that Walk the Walk are supporting a healthy environment! Learn more

Did You Know?

At our two MoonWalks in 2007 we managed to recover the following staggering amounts:

Plastic: 3.56 tonnes
Cardboard: 2.22 tonnes

Now that is a lot of recycling! 

A message from Biffa

Biffa are pleased to support the excellent work undertaken by Walk the Walk and are proud to be the waste contractor for the Playtex Moonwalk.  The walkers will consume approximately 70,000 bottles of mineral water in one night.  These bottles will be collected by Biffa and taken away for recycling.Why recycle? Whether at home or work., it is easy to thnk that the small part you play has no effect and why bother.  Well the answer is that every bit helps and by doing it yourself it encourages others and helps to make it more cost effective.

Let's all do our bit and help keep the Moonwalk clean and environmentally friendly. The best of luck to everybody taking part.

Facts and figures

In the UK...

• An estimated 13 billion plastic bottles are disposed of each year
• 13.9 million households can now participate in kerbside recycling collections that include plastic bottles
• The quantity of plastic bottles collected for recycling has more than doubled since 2004
• On average, every household uses 500 plastic bottles each year, of which just 130 are recycled
• The 108,000 tonnes of bottles recycled in 2006 saved approximately 162,000 tonnes of carbon.
• The majority of plastic bottles are made from PET or HDPE
• 1 tonne = 25,000 plastic bottles

• Recycling 1 tonne of plastic bottles save 1.5 tonne of carbon
• 25 recycled PET bottles can be used to make an adult’s fleece jacket
• Up to 40% less fuel is used to transport drinks in plastic bottles compared to glass bottles
• Plastic packaging uses only around 2% of all crude oil produced

Source: Recoup