| FeRFA launches recycling scheme |
By: Karli Edmondson
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Posted: Monday, March 21, 2011 10:49 am
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The FeRFA Recycling Scheme is a major initiative to bring contractors and manufacturers together in a recycling programme for waste packaging. As resin flooring is laid in situ, with minimal material waste produced on site, packaging waste has been identified as the major waste stream. Under the new recycling and waste management scheme, waste packaging (hazardous and non hazardous) is collected, decontaminated and reprocessed for future use, with up to 100% of waste being recycled.
To assist its members in achieving their own recycling targets, FeRFA has joined with Countrywide Waste Management, who offer a complete recycling and waste management system, and Protech Plastics Containers, manufacturers of recycled and recyclable plastic containers.
As part of this initiative, FeRFA has become a signatory to WRAP’s Halving Waste to Landfill Commitment, and has adopted a resource efficiency plan which includes the following commitments:
-By 2012, increase the level of packaging being recycled within the resin flooring sector to achieve a 20% reduction in packaging by end 2012, based on 2010 baseline
-Actively promote the use of recycled materials
-Raise awareness of environmental issues and provide guidance and training to increase knowledge and share best practice.
The first FeRFA member to sign up to this commitment is Altro, and according to Kevin Cook “Altro Resins has held ISO 14001 for 10 years, so we are very pleased to demonstrate commitment to Halving Waste To Landfill and the wider sustainability initiatives of FeRFA, which are in-line with Altro’s core values of environmental and social responsibility.” |
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