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Background Information
“Our mission is to enable everyone to get around their community in an affordable, environmentally-sustainable way”.
The Big Lemon operates a shuttle bus service for University of Brighton students and staff linking the Campuses of Falmer, Varley Park, Moulsecoomb and Grand Parade. The service runs Monday to Friday (except Bank Holidays) during University Term Time (26 September – 16 December 2016; 9 January – 31 March, 24 April – 9 June 2017) The service is free for students and staff but passengers must show a valid University of Brighton ID card in order to travel.
Contribution to Environmental Citizenship
The Lemon Bus has many achievements: 1. Their fuel is sourced locally from waste cooking oil from restaurants in and around Brighton & Hove 2. All the rubbish on the buses and from the office is sorted and collected by Brighton Paper Round with the vast majority recycled 3. All paper they buy for the office is 100% recycled 4. They hve a compost heap in the depot where they compost all of their food waste and tea bags 5.They won “Best Sustainability Initiative” at the 2010 Brighton & Hove Public Service Awards
Contact Details
Address: Protran House, Boundary Road, Brighton, BN2 5TJ
Telephone: 01273 681681
Website: https://thebiglemon.com/