Green Apple Awards recognise South Western Railway’s green credentials

• South Western Railway has received a Gold Green Apple award for minimising its environmental impact.
• Recycling the weight of 308 double decker buses.

• Increasing our recycling to 78% overall – 3,900 tonnes (equivalent to 308 double decker buses!).
• Hitting our zero waste to landfill 8 months early (since July 2018, 100% of our waste is diverted from landfill - it is either recycled or used to generate energy).
• Creating coffee ground exchanges for our passengers at a number of stations so that our customers can use them for composting.
• Introducing coffee cup recycling at our Wimbledon and Fratton depots.
• Arranging for our old uniforms to be reused or donated to charities – in September we donated 45 bags to the Salvation Army!
• Working with Network rail to Install water fountains at Waterloo station to reduce the use of single use plastics by our customers. We also have plans to roll this out too many more stations in our network.
• Working with our staff to make them more aware of the benefits of recycling and encouraging them to reduce waste at work and at home.