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This contractor has installed an electric composter which reduces food scraps by 90% within hours, offering a sustainable solution to waste management, this is qquipped with 2 activated carbon filters, to ensure the canteen remains smell-free. The composters robust mixing system utilises large blades to process, dry, and grind kitchen waste into fine particles, ready to pour straight onto the…
As the Lillie Square project was evolving from superstructure and cladding towards utilising fit-out trades, the project held a ‘managing fit-out waste workshop’ with subcontractors. The purpose of the session was to help raise awareness about the importance of waste on the project and to also discuss ways in which waste could be reduced. The workshop covered a number of…
Construction sites procure vast amounts of work gloves. This can lead to large amounts of landfill waste. Until very recently, all work gloves in the industry were non-biodegradable; taking hundreds or thousands of years to decompose when sent to landfill. The lack of a biodegradable glove on the market gave C360 procurement and environment teams no opportunity to further improve…
A dedicated recycling area is in place at the head office to support construction sites in segregating waste. Caged tippers transport waste from sites to the area where it is being sorted into more than twenty different waste streams. The information on tonnages is then provided to the sites on a monthly basis and displayed accordingly to further encourage re-use…
The Waste Management Plan (WMP) is a template based on the requirements of waste management legislation and can be used to allocate responsibilities for waste management on construction sites. It is aimed at smaller contractors and builders to assist them in complying with waste management legislation and also to allow them to monitor their costs and environmental performance in relation…
The Site Team working at Queens Hill Primary School in Norwich are currently using a Dumpmaster which aids the workforce with manual handling issues. We have wheelie bins around the site of different colours which are for each of the different trades. These are then wheeled to a central location where the skips are lined up. The wheelie bin is placed inside…
Finding new ways to recycle commonly used products and materials makes a considerable difference to the environment. It is important for contractors to trade with companies who share the same values as themselves and also the Scheme. This contributes to a wider network of efforts, improving the image of construction. One company ensured that all paint used was recycled: All paint…
This contractor is using a water treatment system which reduces their carbon footprint, provides confidence in their consenting requirements, improves incident response time and reduces usage of chemical consumables. The manufacturer identified that other water treatment systems treated construction waste waters for Total Suspended Solids (TSS) and pH correction regardless of the parameters of the waters going into the systems….
The Gecko skip avoids the requirement for operatives to work at height while loading and unloading a muck-away vehicle. This skip prevents the requirement to work at height when unloading spoil into muck-away vehicles through isolated unloading via remote-control and tag lines. The technology allows the skip to be landed and discharged directly into tipper trucks, roll on roll off…
The Northern Line Extension project involves the construction of two brand new underground stations (Nine Elms and Battersea), two ventilation shafts (Kennington) and two 3km long tunnels that extend the existing Northern Line out to Battersea. Constructing this generates a huge amount of excavated material, which FLO were challenged to find a beneficial reuse for. It was clear early on…
Every site has its own challenges and our new site in the heart of Leicester is no exception. Deeply wooded and overgrown, a plan was needed to ensure the regeneration of the area was not only efficient and had little impact on the neighbours but should also be good for the environment. In a bid to maximise the recycling output…
On the 14th September, St George and Multiplex undertook a Waste Chase. Essentially this was to check that the compactors and skips that turned up to site were being loaded correctly and safely as well as responsibly disposing of the waste and in accordance with their licence. At 1 o’clock a 20 yard wait and load skip arrived from Powerday….
Smoking on site can have a negative impact on both the appearance of sites and the environment, though this second consideration is not always addressed. Cigarette waste is not often recycled as it is difficult to recycle. See the examples below for how one site dealt with the issue: The site collected cigarette waste and sent it to TerraCycle, a…
There are many different drivers to reducing and eliminating waste on construction projects. A simple way of reducing waste where possible, and significantly reducing the numbers of vehicles coming to and from site from waste removal is a compactor or baler. Cardboard and plastic waste being baled not only saves space on site, but reduces costs in skips and decreases…
Continuing from their work through the ‘Littergram’ and ‘Adopted Zone’ campaigns, this contractor founded the Stop Litter Scheme in order to tackle litter at the source. Organisations can register and receive van stickers to apply to their fleet. This demonstrates their support for the scheme and also allows members of the public to anonymously alert them if one of their…