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News Release from: Radius Systems | Subject: National Green Apple award
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 January 2007
Green apple for Uponor super team
Uponor's SUPER (Systems for Uponor PolyEthylene Recycling) scheme team, win National Green Apple award from the Green Organisation.
Uponor's SUPER (Systems for Uponor PolyEthylene Recycling) scheme team, created as part of the pipe manufacturer's Business Improvement process, are proud recipients of a National Green Apple award from the Green Organisation The award was delivered in recognition of the benefits the team's SUPER scheme has brought to Uponor, its customers and the environment
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 9 Apr 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The scheme has entailed making the recovery and recycling of customer polyethylene (PE) waste cost-effective, along with giving customers access to waste stream data to form part of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and waste minimisation strategies at local and regional levels.
So far, more than 260 tonnes of PE has been recovered during the 18 months that the scheme has been operating.
The recovered material is turned into pelletised PE that can be used in a variety of non-pressure products, at Uponor's Newton Aycliffe, Cork and Banbridge facilities.
Uponor personnel working on this innovative scheme included Gary Wain, Gordon Harrison, Peter Jellis, Tony Minett, Mick Rathbone and Mark Richardson.
Gary Wain received the award on behalf of his team along with project engineer Jessica Richardson from National Grid at a recent event held at the Tower of London, from leading environmental personality Dr David Bellamy, along with the Green Organisation's Roger Wolens.
Another Accolade.
Every year Uponor runs its own Business Improvement Awards (BIA) scheme, in which internal groups of Uponor employees look at particular issues, define processes to tackle them and measure the impact of any subsequent improvements.
Benefits are also identified and measured for the company, customers, suppliers and the environment.
At this year's BIA open day event, the SUPER scheme team was one of the top three voted on by visitors and the official BIA judges alike.
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