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Environmental
Policy
We've been
recycling for over 40 years and we didn't even know it as it seemed
the most natural thing in the world as we come from a generation
where we couldn't afford to throw things away. We have have always
found it makes good sound economic sense and helps keeps our costs
down. Approximately
90% of the materials we clear from site during a normal working
week can be easily recycled.
As garage
doors are replaced all the steel is removed and stacked at our
premises until there is sufficient and then taken to the local
scrap yard to be recycled. All
packaging is saved, bagged and stacked separately for recycling.
Timber pallets are kept and reused whenever possible and at the
end of their life they are then cut up and used on our wood burners.
When landscaping any topsoil, rockery, plants, small trees are
recycled whenever possible. If we don't have a use for them we
will try and find someone who may - we have been known to give
away 5-600 tons of topsoil to local farmers, football and rugby
clubs or any one else that will take it free of charge. As we
remove old concrete garages bases, slabs, bricks etc, everything
is separated and taken to our local recycling plant to be crushed
to be reused as good quality hard core. Old timber garages can
be stripped for their frames which can then be reused as pegs
for retaining the 6' x 1' timber frames we need to build our bases.
Any other timber is recycled chipped to be used a mulch or finds
it way back into 8' x 4 sheets of chip board etc.
In the office
we recycle all our office paper e.g. A4 sheets can be re used
in the fax machine and smaller sheets can be cut up and re used
as note paper. Packaging is also reused wherever possible.
We are constantly
evolving our environmental policy as we become aware of new recycling
opportunities and whenever possible we like to do business with
other like minded companies.
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