Tag Archives: Recycling

The Pallet LOOP has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of Dan McKane as business development director, bringing more than 20 years of commercial and manufacturing experience across the UK construction and building materials sector. McKane joins The Pallet LOOP from the Soprema Group, where he held a …

Builders merchant chain MKM Building Supplies has launched the UK’s first 100% recycled, fully recyclable bulk bag. Developed in partnership with Centurion Industrial Packaging, the new MKM bulk bags are made entirely from recycled polypropylene, including the stitching and labelling, offering a market-first solution that minimises landfill, helps customers cut waste …

The first batch of reusable green, RFID-tagged* pallets from The Pallet LOOP, part of the BSW Group, have started entering the construction supply chain, en masse. This marks a fundamental shift towards circular economics in the transportation of building materials in the UK. Over the last few weeks, The Pallet …

  Scientists from Cambridge University believe they have found a way to produce cement and reduce the carbon footprint of its manufacture. The most common building material, cement is also the most problematic as it requires so much energy to produce the chemical reactions to manufacture it.  The method, which …

Heidelberg Materials UK has acquired construction soil and aggregate recycling company B&A Group; its acquisition is in line with its strategy to meet demand for recycled materials. The company also recently acquired Mick George Limited in the east of England. B&A Group joins Heidelberg Materials’ recycling business line. Simon Willis, …

Pallet recycling operation The Pallett Loop has joined the BSW Group, following the latter’s acquisition of Scott Pallets, and appointed experienced industry director Andy Williamson s director of business development. The move also sees The Pallet LOOP become a member of Binderholz – Europe’s leading timber processing operation. Paul Lewis will …

Tarmac has launched its third Supplier Sustainability Week to explore the wider sustainability landscape in partnership with its supply chain, its campaign will run from November 27-30. The will include a series of free-to-join 60-minute sessions on how the company and its supply chain partners can work together to improve …

Dura Products, has announced an extended partnership with National infrastructure contractor, Colas Ltd, to install its revolutionary recycled plastic kerbing solution, Durakerb on local highways in the Chester and Cheshire West region. This follows a government mandate aimed at increasing construction sustainability principles, the partnership aims to reduce carbon and …

Tarmac announced that it has launched a waste management specialist report which looks at the introduction of a mandatory digital waste tracking system and the impact of waste management. The name of the report is “Changing mindsets on aggregate reuse and recycling in the built environment” and it will also …

Building materials supplier Cemex has signed the Pallet Loop Charter, as part of its Future In Action programme. This pioneers ways to increase the use of waste and residues as alternative raw materials and fuels.  CEMEX is committed to Net Zero CO2 by 2050. By 2030, CEMEX aims to make …