Surplus carbon produced set to benefit every customer

At Rhug sustainability is considered in every aspect of the business from the organic farm to the takeaway packaging. Last year the carbon footprint of Rhug Organic Farm was measured and as a result of work already done, the Estate is very fortunate to be in a carbon negative position.

Lord Newborough now wants customers to benefit from the surplus carbon that Rhug Estate has produced. Two hundred and fifty tonnes of the surplus carbon have been set aside to offset the journey of every customer for the next 12 months. For those living and staying within five miles of the Estate their entire journey will be completely carbon neutral.

Lord Newborough has enlisted the services of Wrexham company, Bloci, to independently track the amount of carbon used, per vehicle, using blockchain technology.

A QR code will be on every Rhug Estate customer’s receipt, and on noticeboards around the area, which will direct visitors to the Bloci Carbon webpage that will demonstrate the amount of carbon already used by customers and the carbon still available.

Click on the image to see the graph.

“We are fortunate where we are positioned along the A5 as it is the gateway to tourists visiting the beautiful areas of Snowdonia and the Llyn Peninsula. Most have to travel by car to reach these stunning locations and I want those who choose to stop with us to have this added benefit,” said Lord Newborough.

Customers will be able to see for themselves the transfer of Carbon to offset their journey in the form of graph created and updated by Bloci. The graph will be updated monthly with the figures of vehicles having visited Rhug Estate.

Mared Williams, Rhug Estate’s Low Carbon Project Manager, calculated the amount of carbon required to offset visitors’ journeys for 12 months. She based the calculations on the worst case, most polluting vehicles, and worked from figures of visitors to Rhug last year which suggested a maximum of 15,000 vehicles per month. She calculated 21 tonnes of carbon was required each month to offset all the emissions and she has set aside this amount of carbon for the benefit of Rhug’s customers in her ongoing work.