Elephant Click and Store has implemented an environmental policy and we are actively reducing, reusing and recycling as much as possible. Our facility has a very low carbon footprint, and we continue to find ways to increase our sustainability efforts.
We started 2023 by installing over 80 solar panels in our Tallaght branch.
Our solar energy generating systems are designed to generate enough energy to run the facility with additional energy feeding back onto the public grid.
In the first 10 months not only we saved 50% on our energy bills, but we also generated over 25,000kWh.
Elephant customers can avail of our charger on site. Just ask at reception.
Electric vehicles (EVs) fight climate change by powering transportation with electricity, not fossil fuels.
At Elephant, lights are always switched off and are on motion sensors while the facility is open.
We are on our way to fully transition from fluorescent to LED lights. Some experts estimate that LED lighting consumes 80 percent less energy, and lighting accounts for 20 percent to 30 percent of global electricity use.
Elephant boxes executively made for Elephant are made from 90% recycled material. Cardboard boxes can be recycled up to 7 times before fibres become too weak. This minimises waste and if sent to landfill is fully biodegradable waste, which leads to careful management of forests (renewable materials).
Recycling reduces materials / energy required for manufacturing new packaging
A large emphasis in-house on recycling bins to encourage recycling throughout the facility.
If we can recycle 30% of our rubbish each year, we can save enough energy to equate to 11.9 billion gallons of gasoline. This is a massive amount of energy, and that is from recycling a mere 30% of our trash.
Recycling boosts the economy. It only takes one person to run a landfill, but a recycling plant employs many more people. For every one person that it takes to run a landfill, it takes 25 more to keep up with recycling.
At Elephant, we care about our smallest neighbours.
We operate like a hotel for your goods, but there is an even smaller one outside for insects and bugs. Our Bug Hotel is hand-made entirely of material found in woods, parks, and on beaches in the greater Dublin and Wicklow area. We are proud to say that we already have our first tenants in and they are delighted with their stay.
We changed from a paper-based to an online booking system. This has drastically reduced our paper usage by extending this system to also cover our payable invoices, facilitating electronic imports and management of accounts payable function.
Reducing the use of paper saves trees and conserves energy used in converting those trees into paper. It limits the consumption of paper and contributes towards the saving of natural resources. It also helps reduce the waste and CO2 emissions derived from its production and transportation.
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