Safety, Health & the Environment

PCL is committed to these issues and is pro-active in promoting awareness amongst both its employees, customers and the wider general public.

Recycling

As a member of the recycle-more organisation, PCL is dedicated to finding ways in which it can minimise the company’s impact on the environment. As such, PCL continually monitors its procedures, adheres to all relevant regulations, and uses its expertise to raise awareness of health & safety and environmental issues.

WEEE Regulations

In line with WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations, PCL ensures that all hazardous waste is disposed of responsibly, separating general business waste from material that can be recycled. PCL works in partnership with TNT to transport waste to council approved sites.

BCAS

PCL monitors its operations in order to maximise energy savings wherever possible. For matters relating to compressed air, PCL follows advice provided by the British Compressed Air Society (BCAS). This involves eliminating inappropriate use of compressed air, monitoring supplies and costs, and making careful checks of compressor specifications.

Tyresafe

As a partner of campaign group TyreSafe, PCL helps promote tyre safety amongst consumers. PCL was the first non-tyre company or retailer to join the original 14 companies responsible for forming the pressure group at the beginning of 2007.

PCL will seek to establish a reputation for environmental performance. This will be achieved by:

• Reduce the production of waste arising from all aspects of our operations, and manage that waste in a manner that will minimise harm to the environment

• Encourage the suppliers and contractors, who provide us with goods and services, to follow the principles of environmental management.

• Managing existing and new processes to prevent the pollution of air, soil and water

• Reduce consumption of energy, initially by monitoring our patterns of usage and setting targets for improving the efficiency of our production and operational processes.

• Incorporate environmental principles and considerations into all decision making

• Monitoring compliance with environmental statutory regulations and codes of good practice

• Introduce environmental management policies and systems which rest on the following principals;

  - Prevention rather than cure

  - Cradle to grave life cycle, impact assessments and value for money considerations

  - Waste minimisation

• Achieve through the application of best management practices and appropriate technology, continual improvement in our environmental performance

• Reviewing all aspects of environmental performance at Senior Management level

PCL certifies that to its knowledge all products sold by PCL conform to the requirements of the European Union’s Restriction of Use of Hazardous Substances in EEE RoHS II Directive, 2011/65/EU which may or may not include exemptions in the directive.

In accordance with Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) 2006, PCL do not offer a take-back system for WEEE recovery and disposal and in doing so PCL discharge our WEEE obligations.

It is therefore understood, that any Product sold by PCL with an Electrical and Electronic element, the obligation to dispose of a product rests with the purchaser. The purchaser will ensure that at End of life, said products are treated, recycled and disposed of in an environmentally sound way.