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Five ways builders can reduce plastic waste

|Date: 8 July, 2019

Five ways builders can reduce plastic waste

Insulation Express has looked into ways that the construction industry can reduce the amount of plastic i ...

Insulation Express has looked into ways that the construction industry can reduce the amount of plastic it wastes every year. The construction industry accounts for almost a quarter of the plastic con ...

8 July, 2019
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Call for end to single-use plastic in construction

|Date: 26 June, 2019

Call for end to single-use plastic in construction

Hot on the heels of the recent #TradesTalk discussion on excessive packaging in construction, the Nationa ...

Hot on the heels of the recent #TradesTalk discussion on excessive packaging in construction, the National Federation for Builders (NFB) has said the industry must reduce its dependence on single-use ...

26 June, 2019
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The trades call for reduced packaging on construction products

|Date: 13 June, 2019

The trades call for reduced packaging on construction products

This week's #TradesTalk discussion on Twitter was one of the most popular this year - and it looked at th ...

This week's #TradesTalk discussion on Twitter was one of the most popular this year - and it looked at the issue of waste and recycling for the building trades. If you'd like to talk to other trades, ...

13 June, 2019
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Dealing with hazardous waste on site

|Date: 1 March, 2019

Dealing with hazardous waste on site

Hazardous waste is an issue on building sites, and once it has been detected, it can change an entire dev ...

Hazardous waste is an issue on building sites, and once it has been detected, it can change an entire development plan. This will inevitably cost both time and money to the business, which might not a ...

1 March, 2019
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Builders Could Recycle Waste

|Date: 15 June, 2018

Builders Could Recycle Waste

Builders could do more to recycle the 120 million tonnes of waste they throw away each year in the UK, ac ...

Builders could do more to recycle the 120 million tonnes of waste they throw away each year in the UK, according to experts. The building and construction industry is the UK’s largest user of natural ...

15 June, 2018
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Builders Come Bottom of Construction Trade Recycling League Table

|Date: 31 March, 2015

Builders Come Bottom of Construction Trade Recycling League Table

Messy vans, messy skips – they've got a lot to learn from the squeaky clean plumbers When it comes to the ...

Messy vans, messy skips – they've got a lot to learn from the squeaky clean plumbers When it comes to the construction trade, everybody knows that a tidy site is a safe site, and that smart waste mana ...

31 March, 2015
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