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  • New Sustainability Standards for Carpet
    News - 9 Nov 2007
    Don’t call it ‘green’ carpet, call it sustainable carpet. A new standard for assessing the environmental-friendliness of carpet was announced at the 2007 Greenbuild International...
  • WRAP Launches it's Proposed 'Net Waste Method'
    News - 22 Jun 2007
    Following industry consultation, WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has launched its proposed ‘Net Waste Method’ which it hopes will provide a practical means by which construction...
  • WRAP has Launched Open Tender for SME Recycling Demonstrations
    News - 13 Oct 2006
    The aim of WRAP’s SME recycling programme is to increase and improve recycling services for SMEs. SMEs have historically found it difficult to recycle the waste they produce, and WRAP’s work is...
  • Sustain MiniHome To Be Shown At Mobile Living Exhibition
    News - 22 May 2006
    Designer Andy Thomson has a lot of experience with small spaces- He lived in a van with his wife and daughter for three years while at Architecture school in Vancouver. He had to see for himself- "As...
  • Trial For The First All Rubber Road And Rail Highway Funded By Wrap
    News - 17 May 2006
    Trials of the world’s first all rubber road and rail highway, funded by WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme), are now underway in association with Holdfast Level Crossings Ltd. The...
  • Green Globes System Assesses and Certifies First U.S. Building
    News - 30 Nov 2005
    Continuing a longstanding commitment to environmental stewardship and green building in particular, Issaquah, Washington, recently became the first U.S. city to have a building certified under the...
  • Shredded Tyres A Cheap, Environmentally Friendly Way To Cover Landfills
    News - 28 Sep 2005
    Placing shredded tires on top of -- rather than in -- landfills can save money and benefit the environment, researchers from the University of Illinois say. Timothy Stark, a professor of civil and...
  • Builders Waste 67 Days A Year Estimating!
    News - 22 Mar 2005
    Builders across the country waste a staggering 468 hours each per year estimating jobs according to a new set of figures released today. That’s the equivalent of 67 working days! The...
  • Architectural Flat Glass Recycling
    News - 29 Oct 2003
    In a Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) initiative the Steel Construction Institute (SCI) and the Centre for Window and Cladding Technology (CWCT) have teamed to put together a project to...
  • Hydro Polymers Tackling The Poor Environmental Image Of PVC
    News - 2 Oct 2003
    With Greenpeace working hard to increase public awareness of the dangers of PVC, Hydro Polymers, a UK PVC manufacturer, is moving to tackle the material’s environmental problems. Their moves...

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