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Hot topicsThis page highlights articles and resources of current interest in TRIC. Avoiding landfill through effective wood waste disposal & a shift in product focus (PDF 67kb) Input Joinery is a privately owned company that has gone from strength to strength over the last 25 years. Originally a small operation established in 1979 the company has moved site twice and employs over 55 people with a turnover of approximately £3 million in 2003. However, with the expansion of the business has come an increase in wood waste output. Environmentally responsible construction: Community wood recycling (PDF 73kb) Integra (Brighton) Ltd was established in 1990 to service the higher quality construction needs of Sussex and the South East of England. The company focussed on social and environmental responsibility from inception and has diverted over 400 tonnes of wood waste from landfill for recycling and re-use over the last five years. The Brighton & Hove Wood Recycling Project works closely with Integra and helps to reduce the costs of wood waste disposal, and divert timber waste from landfill throughout the Brighton area. Joinery - saving on timber waste disposal and heating costs (PDF 44kb) J Hodson & Sons has been trading for 50 years and is now predominantly a bespoke joinery business specialising in kitchens, windows and stairs. The company overcame a substantial problem that had been building up with their timber waste storage and disposal. Agreements with local farmers (taking wood chip) and investment in a wood fuelled boiler saved over £5,000/year on skip costs. Installing the boiler also reduced heating costs by approximately £1,200/year and improved working practices and environmental health and safety. Saving on waste disposal - through waste segregation in construction (PDF 109kb) Established in 1944, Simons Construction is a national building contractor and now has offices in London, the Midlands and the North with a current turnover of £200M per annum. Over a three-year period at its central offices the total waste, total cost of waste and waste to landfill were reduced by 73%, 76% and 87% respectively, while waste recycled was increased to 125 tonnes from 0. The Eden Project - a waste neutral strategy in construction and operation (PDF 105kb) The Eden Project has always maintained a policy to undertake all its construction projects in an environmentally sustainable fashion. Through the development and implementation of a new Waste Neutral Strategy, the capacity of the project to recycle and reuse materials while avoiding landfill is being increased. An introduction to wood waste in the UK, by Dr Georgina Magin. (PDF 132kb) Using wood efficiently is ... important from both the forest and waste perspectives. While paper recycling is well-established, timber and timber products have been less in the spotlight so far, yet large quantities are ending up in landfills. This study set out to examine the current status of timber waste, and to identify opportunities for, and constraints to, increasing timber re-use and recycling in the UK. The work forms part of Fauna & Flora International’s Global Trees Campaign, which is run in collaboration with the UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre.The campaign is working on reducing the threats to the world’s most threatened tree species and the ecosystems in which they occur. Guide to Business Resources (PDF 210kb) Waste and environmental management are emerging business disciplines. They are disciplines which involve complex processes that impact across all businesses and affect bottom-line profits. To facilitate greater understanding of these processes, and to help businesses to implement better waste management techniques, a number of business resources have been identified that can be
used to address specific business issues. Guide to Chain of Custody Certification (PDF 392kb) Chain of custody is the unbroken path which timber products take from the forest to the consumer, including all stages of manufacturing, transportation and distribution. Forest certification is a process by which an independent third party gives written assurances that a product, process or service conforms
to specific requirements. Guide to ISO14001: Environmental Management Systems in Plain Language (PDF 180kb) Alan E Gower, Environment manager at BM
TRADA Certification, introduces the ISO
14001 Environmental Management Standard. Mass Balance: Exposing Hidden Costs (PDF 436kb) A guide explaining how the concept of mass balance helps businesses understand how to compete sustainably. |
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