Waste minimisation

Waste to landfill down by a further 18 per cent

We reduced waste to landfill by a further 18 per cent during the year, again driven by a big fall in the asphalt business where we recycled a lot more filler dust into the product. Some filler dust was stock-piled, but the general trend remained positive.

The majority of our sites are included within a single contract with Biffa a national waste management company which enables us to control the process more effectively and provides further data on the quantity and types of waste being produced. Waste bins are provided at all our sites to collect recyclables including plastic, paper and cardboard.

During the year we recycled almost one million tonnes of waste, over 100 times more than the waste we sent to landfill.

Waste minimisation data

Waste to landfill
	2010 (baseline)	2013	2014	2015
Total tonnes	18,472	11,811	9,573	8,091
Kg/tonne product	0.54	0.33	0.25	0.20

 

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Cement specific waste – by-pass dust – tonnes
	2010 (baseline)	2013	2014	2015
Produced	5,619	5,783	9,335	10,336
Landfilled	2,979	0	0	0
Diverted from landfill	47%	100%	100%	100%

Target: Reduce total waste to landfill by 85 per cent by 2020 based on 2010 baseline