Environment

At Plas Efenechtyd Cottage we are committed to reducing the impact we have on the environment and have put into place the following measures:

Energy use

• Replacing light bulbs with low energy ones
• Drying all washing on the line, weather permitting. We do put the towels in the tumble dryer for a few minutes to keep them fluffy though.
• Replacing old kitchen appliances with A rated ones

Reducing waste and recycling

• We recycle as much as we can including cans, paper, cardboard, orange juice cartons, plastic bottles
• We use refillable dispensers for hand soap, shower gel and bath foam

Food miles

• We buy local produce where possible: our sausages are made by a local butcher, bacon is from a nearby farm shops and our eggs are from Rhesgoed Farm shop and also now from our own hens.

Sustainabilty health check

In May 2008 we had a sustainabilty health check by Business Sense (Synnwyr Busnes), a specialist business support service in sustainable development, based at Bangor University. The report says:

"Plas Efenechtyd Cottage B&B achieved very good scores for the economy (84%), social (73%) and environmental (71%) dimensions".

We were pleased to have our efforts recognised and the report has given us many ideas for further improvement.