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"One of the Greenest Shopping Centres in the Country"

 

St George’s Shopping Centre is pleased to advise that we have appointed a new company, Clean Waste Solutions, to deal with all our waste management requirements.   The major benefit to the centre of this appointment is that we will achieve a minimum ‘diversion from landfill’ of 95%. This will make St. Georges one of the ‘greenest’ centres in the country!   In 2008 we recycled just 40% of our waste, with the rest of the waste going to landfill.  In 2009 we are achieving recycling figures of over 95% and we are now working towards 100%.

Previously we disposed of approximately 140 tonnes to landfill, via the compactor we had on site and cardboard was taken away via two 35 yard roll-on-off bins for reprocessing.

 

We have replaced this set up with wheeled bins for cardboard, plastic, mixed recyclables & glass.  We have installed a baler for cardboard & plastic, and these will be baled on site and taken directly to reprocessing sites. The mixed recyclables & glass will be taken to a materials recycling facility for sorting & reprocessing.

 

In addition, in the following few months all cleaning products used at St Georges will be biodegradable.

 

Nicky Blanchard, Centre Manager of St Georges Shopping Centre comments: “We are delighted to be at the forefront of environmental sustainability and will work hard to maintain St George’s position as a flagship ‘green’ centre.”

 

 

 

St George’s Centre Car Park is Awarded for Safe and Secure Environment

 

Please click here to download PDF of article featured in Shopping Centre Magazine (March 2009).

St George’s shopping centre car park, Gravesend, has been recognised as being one of the most user friendly in the region and has won the ‘Park Mark' Safer Parking Award.   The award is an Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) national initiative awarded to St George’s car park in recognition of its high standards of safety and security and its contribution to lowering crime levels.

St George’s shopping centre manage Nicky Blanchard said “We are delighted that the hard work of the centre owners Edinburgh House has paid off, and that the transformed car park means customers can enjoy their shopping trip safe in the knowledge that they have parked in a secure environment.  This demonstrates Edinburgh House’s commitment to improving Gravesend and we are proud to be part of the campaign to reduce local crime and disorder levels.”

Leader of Gravesham Borough Council, Councillor Michael Snelling, added his congratulations. “Achieving the Park Mark award deserves high praise for the determination of the St George’s Shopping Centre management to both beat a vandalism and graffiti problem and provide a new, welcoming image that helps the town attract new visitors and shoppers.”  

The Park Mark Safer Parking award is granted to parking areas that have achieved the requirements of a risk assessment as conducted by Kent Police. These requirements mean the parking operator has put in place measures that help to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour, thereby doing everything they can to prevent crime and reduce the fear of crime in their parking area.

 

"Grand Entrance to the grotto"

 

Click here to read all about Santa arriving at our Grotto.