INDUSTRY NEWS
Carpet Recycling UK conference celebrates 2019 award winners
CARPET Recycling UK celebrated the achievements of its members at its 11th Annual Conference and Awards Event, while pledging to ‘do more and be more proactive’ in supporting innovation and helping the flooring sector to reuse and recycle more of its carpet waste.
Taking the theme of ‘Design for recycling and the circular economy’, the one- day conference, sponsored by Invista, manufacturers of ANTRON® Carpet Fibres, was held at Edgbaston Cricket Stadium, Birmingham on 18st
July.
The not-for-profit industry association’s 2019 event celebrated the achievements and significant contributions by members – both individuals and organisations – who continue to drive forward sustainability and circular economy principles in the flooring sector.
Delegates heard inspiring presentations on how carpet tile reuse and take back
schemes are making a real difference in diverting increasing volumes of carpet waste from landfill. Last year, 175,252 tonnes of carpet waste including carpet tiles were diverted, representing a diversion rate of 44%. CRUK’s target is to increase this tonnage by a minimum of 10,000 tonnes year-on-year.
CRUK currently has more than 110 members and its core funders are Cormar Carpets, Lifestyle Floors/ Headlam, Brintons Carpets, DESSO, ege Carpets, Milliken, and Balsan.
CRUK Scheme Manager Adnan Zeb-Khan
emphasised how
Aggregate Industries keeps its cool with low temperature asphalt
WITH the industry under increasing pressure to use sustainable materials in road construction, Aggregate Industries has launched Superlow, a low temperature asphalt, enabling quicker, more environmentally-friendly project completion.
Specially formulated for use on highways and road infrastructure schemes, this range of asphalt is mixed at 20° 40°
C -
C lower than hot mix asphalt. As it requires less energy to manufacture than conventional asphalt, Superlow ensures a lower carbon footprint.
The launch of this innovative solution comes just a month after the UK became the first ever country to legally commit to cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to ‘net zero’ by 2050.
To help contractors meet these objectives, Superlow offers a whole host of real time and cost benefits. For instance, it
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reaches trafficking temperatures quicker than conventional hot asphalt, enabling earlier reopening of carriageways to the travelling public, resulting in less road occupation, less traffic disruption and reduced build cost.
With the equivalent performance characteristics of hot mix asphalt, when it comes to workability, however, Superlow remains compactable for longer at lower temperatures. This allows more time for full compaction and, as a result, enhanced durability. It’s also longer lasting, as lower asphalt temperatures during production reduces binder ageing and enhances in- service life expectancy.
Jo Wilkins, Head of Business Development for Asphalt and Ready
their second decade will see a renewed focus on tangible member support; helping organisations throughout the carpet supply chain to divert as much carpet waste from landfill as possible, thereby creating savings on their waste disposal and increasing opportunities for reuse and recycling.
Mix Concrete at Aggregate Industries, said: “With contractors and clients under increasing pressure to meet the Government’s ambitious sustainability targets, often the first step will be specifying more environmentally-friendly construction materials.”
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