“Sustainability has moved beyond box ticking and our industry isn’t


immune from societal expectations.”


staff concerning new procedures, procurement and negotiation of all new waste contractors, introduction of new delivery, collection and escort protocol procedures on site, introduction of food caddies in canteen areas which are then collected weekly and sent to an anaerobic digestion plant to produce biogas and bio fertiliser.


Following a thorough chemical analysis of the sludge- based waste produced within the pumping station, we were able to re-classify the EWC Waste Code and divert to land spreading, which ensured further disposal cost savings and provided a sustainable solution. We have increased paper waste removed for shredding and recycling, externally we have increased the segregation of all other waste including


8 | COVER STORY


wood, metal and hazardous waste, ensuring that each waste stream had a sustainable collection and disposal method. Re-organisation and disposal of previous builder’s project waste which was left on site following the initial build project.


In achieving zero to landfill, with the fantastic support and effort by all members of the team, since September 2016 to the April 2020, Carrington Power Station ESB diverted 1202.78 tonnes of waste from landfill, saved 20,447 trees from destruction and the equivalent to 145,521kg of CO2


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with a total of 867.87 tonnes of waste recovered from the start of the project until April 2020. They have also seen an overall reduction in waste generated by 26%.


Floorbrite’s collaboration has reduced skip collections per twitter.com/TomoCleaning


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