The company’s nationwide approach to recycling and waste management was ‘highly commended’ in the Construction Recycler of the Year category by judges at the National Recycling Awards 2012.
Dr Martyn Kenny, Tarmac’s director of sustainability said: “We’re proud to have received recognition for the work we’re doing at such an important national event.
Tarmac’s recycling performance has been achieved by identifying and prioritising innovative ways to minimise waste from our operations. We apply a philosophy of ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’, which enables us to think ahead and actively invest in ideas that allow us to use wastes and by products from other industries.”
Tarmac’s company-wide approach to waste reduction and resource efficiency strategy has seen it become one of the UK’s largest providers of high quality recycled aggregates, manufacturing around 1.4 million tonnes in 2011. At present, it successfully recycles or reuses over 90% of the waste it generates from production processes.
The Wolverhampton, England-based company also proactively reuses and recycles wastes and secondary materials in its construction products, including aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, asphalt, cement and lime.
In 2011 Tarmac was a net user of waste, using over 2 million tonnes of waste and by-products from other industries as raw materials and fuels.
