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Sustainability

energy centre at Marwell Zoo

Environmental Stewardship

Our Environmental Policy is designed to improve performance and efficiency and to encourage responsible behaviour in staff, guests, business partners and the communities with whom we interact.

 

Help us zero in on waste

A “circular economy” is where nothing is wasted, and all materials are reused in some form. At Marwell, we’re working toward achieving this and becoming an organisation where nothing escapes into the environment.

 

Marwell keepers scoop up animal poo

Harnessing the power of zoo poo

Marwell Zoo has become the first of its kind to generate renewable energy using animal waste. Zoo poo from endangered species such as Grevy’s zebra, Scimitar-horned oryx, and African wild ass will heat our largest buildings using biomass technology.

A wallaby sits in front of solar panels at Marwell Zoo

Our mission to reduce carbon

The global concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has risen and at the same time the impacts of climate change have been become ever more apparent. Learn more about our mission toward reducing carbon!