‘Landfill’

A Buildingtalk guide

Start with the news release Dulux Decorator Centres support Waste To Wonder from Dulux Trade, which we summarised at the time by saying "Dulux Decorator Centres has partnered with Waste To Wonder charity to help towards equipping a brand new Education and Aviation Academy, on the hurricane-hit island of Saint Lucia. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Growing support for carpet take-back recycling from Axion Recycling: "Carpet Recycling UK reports growing interest in waste carpet take-back schemes that divert material from landfill for recycling.".
 
In September 2011, we covered the news from Axion Recycling - take a look at Axion waste technologies star at Interplas 2011 which says: "Resource recovery specialist Axion Consulting will be at Interplas 2011 to discuss the latest solutions in recovering the wide variety of co-mingled plastics.".
 
Take a look also at the news release from SDS (Sustainable Drainage Systems), SDS GEOlight stormwater management system, as well as Patton wins award for environmental project from Patton Group, and Natural effect recycled fake grass from TigerTurf from TigerTurf.
 

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Doosan Loader and Excavator at York Recycling (August 2011)

York Recycling has ordered a Doosan DL300 wheel loader and DX225LC crawler excavator, supplied by local Doosan dealer, Construction Plant (Suppliers).

Dalkia to build renewable energy centre (August 2011)

The Co-operative has chosen Dalkia to build a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) station, helping to make NOMA a leading development in green energy.

CRUK promotes sustainability at flooring show (July 2011)

Carpet Recycling UK is promoting a sustainability theme at the Harrogate Flooring Show in September.

Tarkett sponsored seminar on sustainable flooring (July 2011)

Seminar included a review of guidelines and regulations regarding installation, waste management and recyclability and how they are managed in major public projects.

Status change for vinyl flooring recycling scheme (July 2011)

Recofloor Limited has been created to demonstrate commitment to sustainability within the flooring sector by the scheme's founders Altro and Polyflor.

GRP can cut metal roof thefts (July 2011)

Hambleside Danelaw say Glass Reinforced Polyester (GRP or glass fibre) roofing materials can be installed as an alternative to lead or copper to reduce theft and damage.

Norbord new panel products at Timber Expo (July 2011)

The three core products, Sterling OSB, Caberdek particleboard flooring and Caberwood MDF will feature on a stand made entirely of its own products.

Hanson launch sustainable concrete (July 2011)

Hanson Cement launch Regen, a ground granulated blastfurnace slag which is used as a sustainable substitute for ordinary Portland cement in concrete.

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