Employees are not implementing energy saving measures in the workplace that are commonplace in their own home, Rob Holdway has said.

The presenter of Channel 4's Dumped expressed his opinion that workers feel disconnected from the damage that businesses can do to the environment because they have no direct contact with the cost.

"People aren't recycling at work … because they don't actually see the energy bills, they don't pay for the recycling," he explained.

Despite their reluctance to take eco-friendly actions around the workplace, Holdway noted that they may still do their bit for the environment when they are at home.

His comments come after the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) issued a report which demonstrated that UK businesses could save a total of £6.4 billion every year by making a number of small but necessary environmental changes.

All of these energy saving changes, such as switching off lights and turning down thermostats, come at little or no cost, DEFRA added.