Admiral Homespace unveil their new recycling initiative
For the past twenty years, Admiral have been taking out old window and door frames and replacing them with PVC, Aluminium and Timber Windows and Doors, only occasionally thinking of where the skip full of glass, wood and debris actually ends up.
Recently they decided to look into it further and were shocked to find that all of the waste going into their skips was headed direct to landfill sites. Literally making mountains out of old windows!
Few home improvement companies appear yet to be considering the opportunities for recycling building materials in order to reduce their environmental impact.
Admiral Homespace are among the first to take the initiative, by unveiling a new partnership with Donarbon Waste Management to recycle the by-products of their building projects.
Recycling old windows, doors and flat roofing
Under the new initiative, Admiral take all of their building waste for windows, doors, and flat roofing projects to the local recycling centre instead of part filling skips. Once transported to the centre, the full vehicle is drawbridge weighed to assess the charges and then offloaded into a recycling area. Donarbon assure Admiral that currently at least 50% of the glass frames and waste is recycled and this figure will be increasing all the time going forward as their facilities and mechanisms become more developed.
Admiral admit that their installers are inconvenienced by an early morning or evening visit to the recycling centre, and this has taken some getting used to, leading to a few gripes! Now that all staff have all been briefed on the benefits there has been a very positive response to being able to help the environment in this way.
Recycling makes economic sense
Even when taking into account time and petrol costs, Admiral have found the overall price of recycling to be very similar to that of using skips for landfill, if not lower. They recommend any home improvement companies similarly concerned with their own environmental impact to get in touch with their local recycling experts.
For more information on Admiral’s recycling policies, visit the Admiral Homespace website.
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