Environmental Statement

We fully embrace the concept of environmental sustainability.  The Treasure Trails Headquarters based in Cornwall  is a member of CoaST - Cornwall Sustainable Tourism Project - and has recently committed to the following environmental statement. 

“In all our activities we seek to:

1.  Maximise the efficiency with which we use material resources. 

2. Reduce energy consumption and increase the efficiency with which we use energy.

3.   Reduce, reuse and recycle materials and dispose of waste in an environmentally responsible manner.

4. Improve the environmental awareness of our customers by requesting that they recycle their Trails.

In practice we do the following:

Surplus Trails which are unsold or outdated are collected and recycled. A message is also included at the end of the Trail asking customers to recycle the Trail if they do not wish to keep it.

The office recycles all its waste paper, cardboard, plastic, batteries, ink cartridges, etc, and utilises low energy light bulbs.

We have been very proud to be involved in a number of projects aimed at reducing car usage. For Fal River Links we wrote a ferry Trail between Falmouth and Truro, and for First Bus and TransDev we have written mystery bus Trails.

We have assisted several charities with Trails to help them raise money including RNLI and Cancer Research. The Trails are also being used by the Royal Cornwall Hospital to assist the cardiac rehabilitation unit in getting people active again after a heart attack.

The Trails are an all year round activity, and as such bring visitors, both local and holiday makers into each of the Trail locations. Undoubtedly our Trailers spend money on food, car parking, and other incidentals whilst walking around. Our Trails also help less well-known places as we don’t just aim for the well-known tourist spots.

At Treasure Trails HQ we lease our printer from a local supplier, and purchase our paper and toner cartridges locally.

The vast majority of our Trails are walks in towns and villages which can be reached by public transport. Some of our Trails, including for example, Penzance and Topsham deliberately start at the railway stations to encourage access by rail.