Waste not want not

Longhurst Group is one of the first housing organisations to sign up to the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) which aims to reduce the amount of construction and demolition waste being sent to landfill.

Every year the construction industry produces 120 million tonnes of waste of which 40% is generated by the public sector in the UK.

Recognising the environmental and economic impacts of these levels of wastage, the Government has established a target in England that by 2012, there needs to be a 50% reduction in construction, demolition and excavation waste to landfill compared to 2008.

Longhurst Group has joined over 40 leading national organisations, such as Simons Group, Kier Group, and major retailer Asda in a voluntary agreement to help ensure this target is achieved.

Ian Jackson, Director of Development commented ‘Longhurst Group is absolutely committed to reducing construction waste.'

‘We already contribute significantly to these targets. For example we work with a waste company who recycles 80% of the construction waste on our development sites in Lincolnshire and plans are underway to expand this initiative across the Midlands.’