Caring for our environment
At Millbrook we are constantly looking for ways in which we can do our bit for the planet and become as environmentally friendly as possible.
Look out for Pot Lady: if you purchase a plant from Millbrook in a pot bearing this label, simply bring the empty pot back to store when you’ve finished with it and we’ll give you 50p off your next plant purchase.
Christmas tree recycling: in January we took back just over 500 Christmas trees which have now been chipped and shredded and used on our flower beds.
Saving our water: we’ve recently installed a massive 27,000 gallon tank at Crowborough so we can catch all the rainwater and then use it to water our plants.
Cardboard and plastic compactors: to help reduce all the rubbish going to landfill sites we now have compactors at both our centres. From 2007 onwards if you buy a large item from one of our stores which is packaged in cardboard, you can return the cardboard to store and we’ll dispose of it for you.
Old uniforms: we love our new uniforms but it seemed such a waste to just throw away the old ones so we have sent them to the Gambia via a project run by the Beacon Community College in Crowborough.