NEW recycling points will be launched at all East Midlands Trains' stations and offices during a week-long programme of green awareness events.
It comes as its parent company Stagecoach Group launches its third annual Green Week on Monday.
East Midlands Trains will use the week to demonstrate to staff and customers the green measures being taken across its business.
It will also highlight the environmental and financial benefits of taking the train.
Launching Green Week 2011, managing director of East Midlands Trains Tim Shoveller said: "We're proud of the steps we have taken so far to become a more sustainable business and travelling by train is already one of the greenest ways to travel.
"Green Week is also important in helping make it easier for our staff and customers to make simple changes in their everyday lives to reduce their impact on our planet."
In the 12 months since its 2010 Green Week, East Midlands Trains has introduced a fuel additive – the first of its kind in the UK – which improved fuel economy by 4.4 per cent.
It recently launched an energy-saving engine standby mode which could reduce enough carbon to take the equivalent of 705 cars a year off the road.
The company has also refurbished waiting rooms and bathrooms at a number of stations, fitting them with motion-sensitive lighting and energy efficient hand-dryers.
Automatic taps have also been installed which reduce water use and save energy by only heating the water that is needed.
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