SCREEDS & RESINS BOWLED OVER
Abacus Flooring Solutions has helped Leicestershire County Cricket Club score the eco- deal of the century after boosting its sustainability credentials in a cricketing first.
With the help of innovative resin floor manufacturer Abacus Flooring Solutions, Leicestershire County Cricket Club has turned waste plastics into brand-new and stylish resin flooring in three areas of its Uptonsteel County Ground.
Abacus Flooring Solutions, which has its head office in Loughborough, Leicestershire, made history by becoming the first company in the world to use waste plastic as a substitute bulking material in its resin flooring instead of the traditional silica sand.
It first used its patented invention in JCB’s global headquarters in Staffordshire, and was approached by Sean Jarvis, CEO of the Leicestershire County Cricket Club, to create eco-friendly flooring solutions in the Grace Road Community Space Hub, the Friends of Grace Road Cafe and a section of the stadium.
The move means that the cricket club is not only solidly achieving its sustainability goals, but it is also the first cricket venue in the UK to roll out the ground-breaking eco flooring solution, beating neighbouring cricket venue Trent Bridge and UK ‘home of cricket’, Lord’s.
Nick Megson, managing director of Abacus Flooring Solutions, said: “We are already official partners of the club, so it has been an absolute pleasure to assist them in reaching their sustainability goals.”
Two of the areas of the club benefiting from the makeover are in Friends of Grace Road maintained sections of the ground.
The fund-raising organisation is run by a voluntary team who are passionate about the club. All profits from the cafe, alongside
˝Turning old plastics into usable
materials offsets our eco efficiency targets in terms of our sustainable waste policy.˝
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