With 85% of the waste entering our purpose built site separated and recovered into component parts there is no shortage of environmental benefits.
- Clay can be used to recover and improve poor land.
- Stone, which is crushed on site, can be used for aggregate for roads and foundations.
- Wood can be used for energy and in the manufacture of chip board.
- Steel can be recycled into new steel.
- Plastics and other fibers can be used for fiber fuels.
The government target is to recycle and recover 85% of all C&D waste by 2013.
Need A Skip already meeting and exceeding government targets.
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Household Food and Drink waste in the UK
A report containing quantification of the amount and types of household food and drink waste in the UK. Information is collated from recent studies covering all major disposal routes, and can assist WRAP, national and local governments and the food industry to develop policies, advice and tools to help us all reduce the amount of good food and drink that we purchase but don’t eat. -
Recycled gypsum as a soil treatment in potato production.
An evaluation of the use of recycled gypsum from waste plasterboard for improving soils for the commercial growing of potatoes. Latest Data sees England hit 38.8% recycling rate.
Figures for rolling year of October 2008 to September 2009 show rate of improvement slows compared to previous quarter.-
