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Builders’ merchant Travis Perkins is trialling a new aggregate product consisting of part-recycled materials.
Travis Perkins has partnered with Day Aggregates, suppliers of aggregates to the builders’ merchant and construction industry, to launch the trial.
The merchant is putting an initial 25,000 bags of the newly formulated Ecoblend, which includes up to 30% of recycled construction and demolition waste to make MOT Type 1, in selected branches in the South East and South West.
The blend is produced to BS EN Standards and Standards for Highway Specifications.
Senior category manager Aggregates, John Duffy, said: “Aggregate reserves are dwindling and construction and new housing sectors are already using recycled aggregates to cope with that. Ultimately, a transition towards a recycled solution in the merchant sector has become not just desirable but inevitable.
“That is why we have launched this innovative trial where selected branches will sell a mixed sub-base aggregate made from both quarried and high-quality recycled materials to make MOT Type 1.
“The large quantities involved in this trial – 25,000 bags – demonstrates our commitment to this issue.”
