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"I can't imagine that we could have come across a nicer place to stay in Wales"

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If everyone lived like the average Welsh person, we would need three planets to support us!
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Small Tortoiseshell at Plas Farm

"Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints.......and a tree!"



Swansea Valley Holiday Cottages area awaiting grading under the Green Tourism Business Scheme.

View our Environmental Policy

We have also won a national award for woodland management - a beautiful oak woodland that guests are free to enjoy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sustainable Tourism
SELF CATERING HOLIDAY COTTAGES

Sustainable Tourism - Small Tortoishell at Swansea Valley Self Catering Holiday Cottages

We at Swansea Valley Holiday Cottages are committed to sustainable tourism and by choosing to holiday at one of our self catering cottages, you are supporting our efforts to protect and enhance the natural environment in our little corner of Wales.

"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little." Edmund Burke

How are we sustainable?

We recycle all our waste at Plas Farm from our ink cartridges to farm plastics to beer bottles. There are clearly marked bins in our recycling area near the holiday cottages.

We use energy efficient light bulbs in our holiday cottages. They use around 20% of the energy used by traditional bulbs.

We run a 'Carbon Neutral Cottage Holiday Scheme' that allows guests to offset the environmental impact of a cottage holiday in Wales through climate-friendly projects at our farm in the Swansea Valley.

We use 100% recycled paper for all our marketing literature.

We use high quality 100% recycled toilet paper such as the Nouvelle brand in all our sustainable self catering cottages.

We clean the cottages using ecologically friendly cleaning products such as Ecover, Bio D and Clear Spring. All are biodegradable and use plant-based ingredients.

We use fair trade tea, coffee and sugar in our self catering holiday cottages.

We manage the countryside that surrounds the cottages under a government scheme aimed to enhance the biodiversity. We lay the hedges, put up bird boxes, create ponds, plant butterfly friendly plants etc. To see what lives around the cottages please take a look at the Plas Farm pages and follow the links in the left hand bar - flowers, birds, butterflies and many more species are listed - all spotted by our guests!

We have a weather station that feeds data into our website.

We are constantly reviewing the latest developments with regards renewable technologies. It is the goal of Swansea Valley Holiday Cottages to produce and use 100% renewable energy. We are currently carrying out a feasibility study into a micro hydro scheme at the farm.

We often support students who wish to carry out environmentally orientated projects at the farm. If you have any ideas, please let us know!

Swansea Valley Holiday Cottages - committed to providing high quality sustainable holiday cottages in Wales.

2008 Wales Business & Sustainability Awards Winners

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Wales Environment Awards 2008

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Winners of a Special Award in recognition of our commitment to Sustainable Toursim. For more info see the Wales Environment Awards Press Release.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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