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Balfour Beattys First For Construction Waste Management

12 January 2012

Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions has formed a new closed loop recycling scheme with Centriforce, and V10 Polymers, believed to be a first for waste management in the utilities industry

The scheme allows for waste plastic collected from up to 100 of Balfour Beatty's sites throughout the UK to be recycled into cable protection covers for use during the company's essential work in replacing and maintaining vital utility assets.

The waste management scheme sets an important example of environmental best practice by achieving a true 'closed loop' in which Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions keeps complete control of its plastics waste stream and accepts it back as a usable product.　

"We are not aware of any other UK construction company achieving this closed loop," said Simon Carroll, Managing Director of Centriforce, whose innovations team helped to initiate the service.　

It is estimated that up to between 150 and 200 tonnes of waste plastic could be collected annually and turned into a range of products for Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions. This amounts to an estimated carbon saving of between 2,000 and 2,500 tonnes across the process of manufacturing new products, through landfill avoidance and the reduced need for virgin raw materials.

Andrew Edlin, Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions' General Manager Environment and Sustainability, commented on the scheme: "This project is a fantastic demonstration of our 2020 Vision for sustainability, showing innovative work with our supply chain, preventing waste to landfill, utilising recycled products and reducing the carbon impacts of what we do with our clients."

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Darrel Moore