Rock is scrupulous in implementing our comprehensive site waste management plan. Not only have we significantly reduced the quantity of waste material on site, but of the modicum of waste that is inevitably generated, 94% is recycled. Impressive as this figure is, there’ll be no rest until we meet our stated target of zero waste to landfill by 20 December 2012.
Now we come a step closer to realising this ambition, through our close involvement with education sector schemes in Birmingham, the site of the UK’s largest urban Building Schools for the Future project. There we have been able to take advantage of a service launched by our partner Kingspan Insulation, who will take back waste insulation materials and associated packaging from construction sites. As it is largely insulation board and panel offcuts which have proved an obstacle for Rock in achieving zero waste, Kingspan’s initiative is very welcome.
Undamaged insulation boards are earmarked for reuse, while the remainder are broken down into their constituent parts to manufacture new boards or are transformed into packaging materials. While Rock continue to work on the Birmingham schools programme, our partnership with Kingspan is helping make each project that much more sustainable.
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