Broads Green Tourism

River Trips and boat hire on the Norfolk Broads

The Broads is an internationally important wetland, with the status equivalent to a National Park. There are more than 40 broads or small lakes linked together by approximately 125 miles of navigable water. It is a truly magical area that is home to many species of rare plants, animals, insects and birds. The area offers a wealth of outdoor recreational opportunities, but it is also a very fragile environment.

All of us at Broads Tours feel very privileged to live and work in The Broads, Britain’s magical waterland. We are therefore committed to reducing the impact of our activities on this special environment.

As part of our Environmental Commitment we aim to:

- Continually improve our environmental performance in all of our activities, products and services
- Review all of our activities, products and services to quantify and evaluate their environmental impact
- Comply with and where possible exceed all environmental legislative requirements

We know that we can’t achieve these aims alone so we welcome input from all of our staff, customers and any other interested parties.

So what are we doing?

Our priorities are to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

We consider carefully before printing, although when we do it is on recycled paper.

Our promotional material is available to download from our website. If our customers prefer a printed copy, our brochures and leaflets are printed on recycled paper or paper sourced from renewable forests
We reuse single sided printed paper in our office and workshop, and we reuse old linen and towels as cleaning rags.

We have recycling facilities all around our site for staff and customer use. We recycle all waste paper, cardboard, cans, plastic bottles, containers and glass.

Waste metal and old engines or engine parts are taken to the local scrap yard or sold on eBay.

When we do have to dispose of non-recyclable waste we use our onsite compactor to minimise the volume of waste we send to landfill.
Hazardous waste is disposed off in line with the 2005 regulations.

Energy

We monitor all electricity usage and endeavour to reduce our consumption by:

Replacing all electric bulbs with a low energy alternative.

Monitoring the use of storage heaters in our offices to ensure that units are turned to the minimum setting in vacant properties / offices.

All of our immersion heaters have been set at 60 – 62 degrees centigrade.

Cleaning products / toiletries

We use eco friendly cleaning products wherever possible.

We provide phosphate free washing up liquid for all of our customers on our hire cruisers.

Water

In our customer toilet block we use harvested rainwater to flush the toilets and have waterless urinals. We harvest rainwater to water our hanging baskets, all other planting on site is drought resistant.

Transport

Although we cannot tell our customers to leave their cars at home we have public transport information in our skipper’s manuals.

Customer information

We know that our hire cruisers will have minimal impact on the environment if navigated responsibly. Therefore it is our responsibility to ensure that our customers receive the correct guidance and have all the information they need for a safe and environmentally sustainable visit to the Broads, Britain’s magical waterland.

Broads Green Tourism

River Trips and boat hire on the Norfolk Broads

As part of our Environmental Commitment we aim to:

So what are we doing?

Energy

Cleaning products / toiletries

Water

Transport

Customer information

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Company name and registered office: Norfolk Broads Direct Limited, The Bridge, Wroxham, Norfolk, NR12 8RX Registered number 923416 VAT Number 532 8406 53. All prices quoted on this website include VAT at current rates.