Most of our products have sustainable qualities: durability in excess of 120 years useful life span, low maintenance requirements, heat and noise insulation and can be recycled at the end of it’s useful life.
A significant number of our blocks contain alternative or recycled materials, such as:
- Ground granulated blastfurnace slag
- Pulverised fuel ash
- Furnace bottom ash
- Crushed brick
- China clay waste
- Aircrete waste
The Fenlite range of aggregate blocks contains up to 80% alternative raw materials such as those listed above. These are recycled from from Hanson's and other companies' manufacturing processes. The use of these materials helps reduce the amount sent to landfill.
All of our block manufacturing sites are certified to ISO 14001 demonstrating Responsible Sourcing. In addition, void packs are available, eliminating the need for pallets and contributing towards meeting packaging waste regulations.
Reducing emissions
Our activities are highly regulated by the Environment Agency and local authorities and we aim to consistently go beyond the various permits and consents. We operate monitoring systems that ensure that our emissions remain below permitted levels.
We are continuing to develop products which contain recycled materials, are energy efficient and reduce on-site construction impacts. Some of our plants have been recycling materials for around 20 years. We continue to proactively investigate the use of higher percentages and different types of recycled materials within our products, such as ashes, plastic and glass.
This will help to reduce the need for primary materials extraction, save valuable landfill space and can also reduce transportation mileage where recycled materials can be sourced locally.
We are also undertaking research into whole system design to ensure our products attain optimal performance when used within buildings, particularly with regard to thermal efficiency and waste reduction.