SUSTAINABILITY THEME 2 Natural resources Our contribution to SDGs 12 and 14 A circular economy is a closed cycle in which natural resources, components and products lose as little value as possible and their reuse is optimised. The Dutch government is striving for a circular economy by 2050 and the use of primary raw materials must be halved by 2030. In line with our dream of ‘positive plants’, Royal Lemkes strives to be circular by 2030. To achieve this, we use the 3R approach: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle. In the past year, this approach has involved the following activities. • Reduce: reducing plastic consumption (thanks to a reduction in film), reusing attachments and more conscious use of top sleeves. • Reduce: saving three pallets of paper by switching to E-CMR (digital consignment note). In total, the use of 309,000 sheets of paper was avoided. • Recycle: donating used IT equipment to Stichting Leergeld, giving it a second life. • Reuse: rolling out the ambition of a circular cultivation pot by 2030 along with competitor Van Dijk Flora. • Reduce: implementing baseline measurement on plastic trays. From 2021 to 2030, we will focus on reducing plastic by at least 10 per cent per year, based on the baseline measurement. Three pilots will start at the beginning of 2021 to achieve these reductions.
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