BRITISH GYPSUM DRIVES ASHDOWN AGREEMENT PROGRESS
The first annual report into the progress of the Ashdown Agreement
has revealed that, thanks to the successful implementation of
measures such as its Plasterboard Recycling Service (PRS), British
Gypsum is leading the field when it comes to recycling and waste
reduction. Figures published in the report show the company has
played a major role in helping the industry in its bid to reduce the
amount of plasterboard sent to landfill.
British Gypsum was instrumental in developing the Ashdown Agreement,
which came into force in April 2007. A voluntary arrangement between
the Gypsum Products Development Association (GDPA) and the Waste &
Resources Action Programme (WRAP), it set out to work towards the
objective of zero waste through collaboration with other
stakeholders.
Two specific targets were included in the agreement: first, to
reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill from all plasterboard
manufacturing operations in the UK to 10,000 tonnes per year
(equivalent to about 0.4 per cent wastage); second, to increase the
take back and recycling of plasterboard waste, for use in
manufacture, to 50 per cent of new construction waste (the total of
which is currently estimated at 300,000 tonnes) by 2010.
Currently the only gypsum company in the UK with dedicated
plasterboard recycling plants, British Gypsum recycled nearly 41,000
tonnes of construction plasterboard waste back into new products
last year, representing a four-fold increase since 2002. More than
75% of all post-consumer plasterboard waste reprocessed into new
plasterboard in the UK is handled through the company’s PRS, which
was highlighted as the most cost effective alternative to landfill
in a case study by WRAP.
Over the last five years, British Gypsum has also reduced the amount
of manufacturing waste it sends to landfill by 95 per cent, even
though output increased by more than 30 per cent over the same
period. Investment in expanding recycling capacity at its plant in
Robertsbridge, near Hastings to provide a broader and more effective
infrastructure for its national recycling operations, coupled with
continuous improvements in plant efficiencies, enabled the company
to close its last remaining landfill site in the UK in 2007.
Other innovative measures taken by British Gypsum to improve
processes throughout the supply chain include fostering partnerships
with smaller waste management companies to offer recycling solutions
that are more customer-focussed and provide greater flexibility at a
local level. It is also working with housebuilders to analyse waste
arising from particular housing types to help customers address high
waste producing sites and identify the most sustainable housing
designs in terms of energy usage, resource efficiency and wastage.
Thanks to the work of British Gypsum and combined efforts of the
industry, the Ashdown Agreement’s landfill disposal targets for 2010
have been met in year one. As a result, the target to reduce the
amount of manufacturing waste sent to landfill has been tightened
from 10,000 tonnes to 7,500 tonnes per year. British Gypsum’s own
rate of improvement is well ahead of the industry trend.
Mike Chaldecott, managing director of British Gypsum, comments:
“Such significant progress in year one is a remarkable achievement
and we are proud that British Gypsum has been so instrumental in
helping to drive the process of continuous improvement.
“Challenging market conditions, combined with increases in landfill
tax and the implementation of Site Waste Management Plans for
projects over £300,000 earlier this year, mean there is increasing
pressure on construction clients to cut costs. As a result,
companies throughout the supply chain need to work together to
increase resource efficiency and reduce waste. British Gypsum is
ideally placed to help businesses achieve this to ensure the vision
of a sustainable future becomes a reality.”
Email:
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