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Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do at Unity Holidays – and we’re on a mission to constantly be better.
Our goals
- Achieve a 55% recycle rate across our sites
- Continually reduce our energy consumption
- Develop our conservation programme which includes continued rewilding across our resorts and creating more habitats for flora and fauna
- Reduce packaging wherever possible
Wildlife and the environment
Our wildlife and environment are important to us. Without the care and consideration of both, we wouldn’t be able to provide our guests and future generations to come with scenic settings and lush grounds to enjoy their holidays on.
Mixed recycling and waste
To help guests recycle just as they do at home, we provide mixed recycling throughout our resorts. We accept glass, cans, tins, plastic, paper and cardboard. All our food venues recycle their food waste to be turned into biofuel and fertilizer and even recycling bins have been recycled – and can be found on all the main routes within the resort!
Any waste that cannot be recycled is sent to an incinerator for energy recovery, not landfill. To prevent rubbish lorries sitting on the M5 every day, we have also purchased waste compactors at our locations to squash all our waste into bales which can then be collected less frequently.
Food recycling
All our food and beverage team members are trained to be Guardians of Grub. This is a Nationwide initiative to educate and reduce food waste across the sector.
Any food waste and plate scrapings from our venues are weighed and then recycled. This is then sent to an anaerobic digester to be converted into Biofuel and fertilisers. This fertiliser goes onto fields to grow more food – creating a great circular economy.
Other recycling
All gardening waste is composted to be used again on our flower beds, and we have extra recycling streams at our distribution centre to make sure we can divert as much as possible away from landfills.
We also work with the British Heart Foundation who we send any furniture and fittings that are no longer needed so they can be sold in their shops.
Energy usage
We monitor our energy usage daily to ensure electricity is used efficiently. Our goal is to continually reduce energy consumption by working with our teams to create the most energy-efficient practices within each department but also investing in new technology where suitable.
Most of our resorts have LED lighting, and we are working on installing them wherever possible. We have also moved almost all our landscaping machinery to electric rather than petrol-powered.
EV
As we continue to reduce our onsite carbon footprint, we are moving our Unity Beach vehicles over to electric. We are also increasing the amount of EV charging points throughout the site. We have three charging points in the car park next to our onsite Supermarket, as well as one in the Brean Country Club car park.
Our landscaping equipment is in the process of being moved over to electric, which produces less fumes but is also far quieter.
Conservation
We already do a lot of conservation work and have a lot of exciting projects in the pipeline.
Over the last 7 years we have reintroduced native animals throughout our sites, like voles and rare great crested newts at Unity Beach.
We have already planted over 8000 hawthorn whip habitats and are currently planting 27,000 trees over the next five years to encourage new wildlife corridors and create safe havens for migratory birds. Importantly, we are growing almost all these trees from seed at our nursery as well as many of all other plants around our resorts.
What can you do to help?
Reduce your use of packaging – bring your reusable cups, bags and glasses, and if you do need to use plastic, pop it into our recycling area when you finish.
- Turn off the lights and heating when you leave your accommodation.
- Going to the beach or for a country walk? Then pick up two pieces of litter on your way back. If everyone does this, it will make a huge difference.
- Leave no trace – whether it’s on the beach or your pitch, take everything home with you that you came with.
- Leaving rubbish and camping items is damaging to the environment, our wildlife and other guests.
- Walk instead of drive.