Brett Martin
SUSTAINABILITY
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s we head to a low carbon future, being a global brand comes with responsibilities. Embedding environmental thinking into everything we do is
a core part of our planning at Brett Martin Planet Mark
Brett Martin has recently joined Planet Mark, a carbon footprint certification which sets a historical baseline in the journey to net zero. This is a big step for us and shows a strong commitment to achieving a minimum 5% year-on-year carbon reduction. Achieving Planet Mark is based on the commitment to continuous improvement in sustainability in its business operations by measuring and reducing its carbon footprint and engaging its stakeholders.
On-site renewable technology The manufacture of thermoplastics requires energy to produce the heat essential for the extrusion process and has created an opportunity to invest in and increase the use of renewable carbon neutral energy. As an early adopter of onsite renewable energy generation, Brett Martin has already installed a 100m-tall wind turbine at its manufacturing facility in Co. Antrim. This represents an investment of over £2m and generates 2.3MWp and reduced carbon emissions at the Mallusk site by 832 tonnes per year.
In addition, Brett Martin’s further investment in a 6.42MW solar farm has reduced carbon consumption by a further 900 tonnes per year, equal to a reduction of 13,600,000 km driven by an average family car, which is 340 trips around the earth saved. The total carbon saving generated from onsite renewable energy is now 1732t per year. In addition, the energy on Brett Martin’s other sites is sourced from renewable tariffs.
Waste reduction
Brett Martin also recognises the need to build a circular economy focused on recycling and reuse of material resources. These initiatives have seen a 98.7% reduction of waste to landfill over the past five years. The company
PROTECTING THE PLANET
Charles Burns, Divisional Director of Brett Martin, on taking the lead in the green revolution.
works with local recyclers to collect any waste that cannot be used internally. All the packaging is recyclable or recycled, while cardboard-based pallets have replaced wood pallets on certain products. These are more recyclable than wood and represent lighter loads for transport.
The use of recycled polymers in many of the black underground drainage products turns single-use plastic into long life building
products.By maximising our use of recycled polymers, we are diverting thousands of tonnes of material away from waste and replacing what would previously have been thousands of tonnes of new fossil-based virgin material.
The recycled polymers are produced from waste sourced across several industries including the packaging and car trim markets in addition to recycled household waste such as tubs, pots, trays and bottles. Each tonne of recycled material could contain up to 20,000 bottles.
Production and logistics A programme of continual improvement targets has also seen a reduction in material use through optimum yields and efficiency gains. As part of this, Brett Martin has also invested in a fleet of fuel-efficient trucks. Complying with the latest Euro-6 Step D fuel efficiency regulation, as set by EU legislation,
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the new trucks offer comprehensive driver fuel efficiency aid packages. In addition, combustion engine vehicles are being converted to hybrid or electric where possible.
Mass balancing
Mass Balancing is the plastic industry’s innovative approach to deliver the next level of renewable resins. It overcomes the practical production barriers to the substitution of fossil resources with bio-based recycled materials, e.g., used cooking oil recovered from the food industry, and accelerates the reduction in carbon emissions.
Mass balancing introduces measured amounts of bio-based materials early in the resin production process and allocates exactly the same amount to the finished resin. This allocation carries through to the Marlon sheet, which is identified and sold as a bio-circular attributed product. Brett Martin has been certified for bio-based material under the ISCC which confirms the bio-based material has been sourced sustainably and allocated via our mass balancing system. Brett Martin has made considerable progress towards net zero through its sustainable practices. By embedding sustainability into its business, we have put ourselves on a path to a more sustainable future n
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