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Recycled Glass Roads

In late May the highways agency started work on the first motorway scheme in the north-west of the UK to use "glasphalt", a new type of asphalt containing up to 30% crushed glass. Glasphalt replaces conventiona...

10 Jun 2003

High Quality Oil From Industrial Waste

Imagine there was a machine that could be fed with all kinds of waste and turn them into oil, gas, minerals and fresh water. Waste such as tyres, plastics, municipal sewage sludge, paper, animal and agricultural refuse. ...

10 Jun 2003

Environmentally Friendly Cooling

The Convair Millenia evaporative mobile cooling unit from Scott Products is an efficient, stylish cooling solution. It is a highly affordable air conditioning system that passes fresh air through water soaked cooling pad...

10 Jun 2003

Composite Sandwich Panel Recycling

Since their introduction to the UK in the 1980’s, the production of composite sandwich panels has grown to around 80000 tonnes per annum. As they have a life span of around 15-20 years, these materials are now ente...

6 Jun 2003

New Oil Storage Regulations

Pollution from oil spills in England is significant with 16% of all incidents of pollution and 12% of the most serious incidents (category 1 and 2) being attributed to poor handling and storage of oil. The Control of ...

6 Jun 2003

Recycling Construction Industry Plastics

The importance of recycling polymer waste products from the construction industry has been long recognised. The problem lies in ensuring that different types of plastic are not mixed together. Identification is usuall...

5 Jun 2003

New Flood Protection Products

One of the greatest environmental threats to buildings and possibly the hardest to combat is flood. Until now the humble sandbag has been the primary weapon in the front line of flood defence but the UK has pioneered the...

5 Jun 2003

Fibreglass Rebar

Mild steel rebar is the most commonly used material in the reinforcement of concrete slabs or in the construction of straw bale walls. The common acceptance of this material overlooks some environmental issues; the produ...

3 Jun 2003

Lightweight, High Security Roofing

Tried and tested over 25 years is the KAMI roofing range from Lafarge Roofing. The metal tile form roofing system already covers over one million square metres of Britain, including HM Prisons, and the range is now avail...

3 Jun 2003

Wood from Wheat Straw

WoodStalk is a fibreboard composite made by Dow BioProducts using waste wheat straw and Dow Chemical’s polyurethane resin. The lack of formaldehyde in the product makes it a much safer alternative to products like ...

3 Jun 2003

Recycled, Bio-Based and Sustainable Office Partitioning

Made in Germany by Preform Manufacturing are a wide range of office partitioning systems that utilise environmentally responsible materials. Marketed under the Classic Panel and Decato brands, the majority of materials u...

3 Jun 2003

Traditional Slate Tiles From Recycled Rubber

Authentic Roof by Crowe Building Products is a building material specifically designed to look like, but be an improvement on traditional slate tiles. Authentic Roof is made from TPO, which is a material made by combinin...

2 Jun 2003

Insulation From Denim Jeans

People the world over would agree that their most comfortable and treasured item of clothing is an old pair of denim jeans. Now Americans can give that snug and comfortable feeling to their entire home with cotton insula...

2 Jun 2003

Construction With Old Tyres

Constructing buildings from old tyres is not a new thing. The technique has been developed over the last 30 years in the United States but the first building made from car tyres in Britain is now under construction near ...

30 May 2003

Building Airtightness – Urgent Reminder

From 30th September 2003, all new commercial and public buildings with a gross floor area of 1000 m2 or more must meet the new airtightness standard of 10 m3h-1m-2. This is covered by Part L2 of the Building Regulatio...

29 May 2003

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Recycled Glass Roads

High Quality Oil From Industrial Waste

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Composite Sandwich Panel Recycling

New Oil Storage Regulations

Recycling Construction Industry Plastics

New Flood Protection Products

Fibreglass Rebar

Lightweight, High Security Roofing

Wood from Wheat Straw

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Traditional Slate Tiles From Recycled Rubber

Insulation From Denim Jeans

Construction With Old Tyres

Building Airtightness – Urgent Reminder

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