More and more companies pledge their need to continually embrace sustainability. This includes supporting a circular economy, where we can reuse and remanufacture those technical elements.
Our Train to Safety Ltd, delivered Foundation Management course on behalf IEMA (soon to become ISEP Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Practitioners) offers justification to and routes to sustainability.
One conundrum example we all face is packaging. Of varies forms from cardboard to plastic, recyclable and non-recyclable. The sheer scope of problems from plastic based materials is huge, with long lasting effects on our environment.
So, how can we use the hierarchy of waste to help us with this issue?
Avoidance is usually the forefront, however not always achievable. Weve been looking into alternatives, and one company we are in current talks with is the Magical Mushroom Company. We now have tangible examples of their products , which are cultivated from mycelium of living fungi/mushrooms (and hemp). The outcome is a robust made to fit packaging material (no more polystyrene). It can be reused, and at the end of its life, will be circulated back into the biological cycle, degraded into compost or digestion feed.
The facility based in Beeston, Notts isn’t yet fully up and running, however the company do have growing facilities in Europe. Brilliantly, the Beeston site is not far from the train station, so future visits will be fully commuted to by train. The three pillars of sustainability can be met if we can practice innovative ideas into reality.
Melissa Rose 30/July 2025
