Sustainability Articles

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Nevill Long are committed to continuously improving our environmental performance, preventing pollution arising from our activities, products and services, and meeting applicable legal and other requirements

We constantly review and take active steps within our daily operations to ensure we mitigate our impact on the environment.

Recycling

Every branch is subject to a rigorous recycling policy, ensuring that all by-products, packaging and waste are disposed of in the most environmentally friendly way possible. Our aim is to reduce our lan...

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To reduce pollution as much as possible, AMF uses only untreated wood for making pallets, waste paper for cardboard packaging and pure PE foil for packing.

In spite of the product's long life cycle AMF tiles are able to be recycled.  Printing on the back of the tile ensures that the raw materials used can be identified.

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Information on Armstrong's product conception, production and installation policies, sustainable designs and recycling programme.

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Sheep wool insulation is truly sustainable; each year over 50 million kilograms of wool are sheared in the UK alone. Black Mountain uses the waste dark coloured wool that is not required by other industries.

Black Mountain has the most modern, energy efficient, zero waste, natural insulation factory in Europe. The embodied energy is extremely low, almost 90% lower than man-made mineral fibre insulation.

Man made insulation can only be disposed of into landfill; no recycling system is currently in place. Whereas sheep’s wool insulation can be composted at the end of...

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British Gypsum, "As one of the largest manufacturers in the UK, we must always be aware of the impact we have on the wider community. The success of our business is dependent on how we address our social, environmental and economic responsibilities.

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Celotex products have been independently assessed by BRE Global and have been confirmed as achieving a low environmental impact, through its BRE Approved Environmental Profile. In addition, Celotex products have been awarded an A+ rating when compared to the BRE Green Guide 2008.   

To view the Sustainability section of Celotex's website please cli...

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Ecotherm is fundamentally dedicated to minimising energy consumption and crusading for environmental responsibility.

Visit the Sustainability sectio of their website here, or download thier environmental flyer from the right of this page.

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Essentially, FERMACELL has a very simple homogenous composition:
80% recycled gypsum and 20% cellulose fibres derived from recycled papers, mixed with recycled water. In other words, it’s a 100% recycled material. There are no additives or preservatives used whatsoever. This is also a fully recyclable process, which means that all by-products are fed back into the production cycle.  

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"At Isover we take our environmental responsibility seriously. The very nature of our business is to develop insulation solutions to protect both your built environment and the natural environment. That is why we have developed our 3 point plan for environmental sustainability.

Less Materials

Less Energy

Less Emissions"

Visist their 3 point plan mini site here, or download their brochure from the right of this page

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Kingspan is committed to reducing the impact of its business operations, products and services on the environment.

Click here to visit their group website sustainability pages

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"Knauf Drywall recognises that its operations and activities impact on the local and global environment in a number of ways and as such are committed to continually reducing these environmental impacts. Our overall objective is to develop the business having full regard to the environment and taking into account the views of all affected interests."

 

Environmental Policy Document & Environmental Flyer both available to download from the right of this page

 

Knauf Futurepanel - Knauf Futurepanel is the first Carbon Neutral Plaste...

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Earthwool is the new mineral wool brand from Knauf Insulation, adding the benefits of ECOSE Technology - a revolutionary bio-based binder technology – to create a new kind of mineral wool insulation that is naturally brown. It offers significant improvements in terms of feel, handling and environmental performance, while still delivering the outstanding performance you expect from our traditional mineral wool.

Earthwool has unified Knauf Insulation's core glass and rock mineral wool range under a single name, replacing the Crown and Ro...

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Knauf Insulation's Sustainability Commitment:

"To supply sustainable high performance insulation products for enhanced energy efficiency in buildings, we continually strive for improvements in both manufacturing operations and product design.

The result is a track record for products with leading quality and sustainability benefits. All Knauf Insulation production locations have state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment supported by an ongoing research and development program. Some of our recent achievements include:

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As a responsible ceiling brand, Rockfon aims to develop sustainable ceiling and wall solutions, that actively improve indoor environments and performance.

The Rockfon environmental policy aims to support this mission by promoting continued sustainable production - and use - of durable, high quality indoor ceiling and wall solutions.

You can read Rockfon's full policy here.

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Procedure for accepting post-consumer Rockwool Rockfon ceiling tiles (recyclate) returned for the purpose of recycling.

Rockwool Rockfon ceiling tiles are recyclable. To reduce the burden on landfill sites and to help minimize the depletion of resources, Rockwool Rockfon encourages the return of Rockfon ceiling tile off-cuts and Rockfon ceiling tiles reclaimed from refurbishment or demolition work, to be recycled.

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Building a sustainable future requires a balanced approach to the environment, the wellbeing of people and economic prosperity. Without all three, sustainability will remain an illusion rather than a rock-solid reality.

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An ever renewing source of collective passion, media promotion, economic persuasion, social compulsion and legal obligation fuels the drive towards sustainability.

Together, these imperatives are underpinned by the most important of all: environmental necessity and impending energy scarcity.

Sustainability, as an ethos, is a reaction to basic facts.  Sustainability as an objective can only be the product of action.

Buildings account for 40% of the world’s energy usage and offer a good place to start.

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Rockwool is an environmentally conscious company with a long track-record of producing, according to independent assessments, one of the most sustainable insulation products available.

During its long lifetime, a typical Rockwool insulation product saves more than 100 times the energy invested in its manufacture, transport and ultimate disposal. Therefore, Rockwool insulation is one of the most practical, cost-effective and environmentally efficient ways that homeowners and organisations can reduce their energy consumption and improve their carbon footprint.

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"Following major investment in our production processes, our revolutionary new RockVac technology allows us to add significant compression to our light weight products – Cavity, Flexi, RWA45.

This process is unique to Rockwool’s stonewool products and offers our customers many distinct advantages.

The addi...

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Sustainability has long been a core value of our activities and we remain committed to sustainable development in our approach to business and to meeting the needs of sustainable construction in the built environment.

As a leading supplier of construction products we have enormous responsibilities. Building materials meet basic human needs for the homes and buildings that underpin everyday life. Economic growth and social development drive increasing demand. The human benefits our products provide have to be balanced with the availability of finite and non...

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"As part of Superglass’ business philosophy it is recognised that we have a responsibility toward protecting the environment by minimising the impact upon it from our activities."

At the heart of Superglass's sustainability is the use of recycled green bottles in the manufacturing process of the glass fibre mineral wool. In fact there are approximately 23 recycled glass wine bottles in every roll.

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"USG has a long history of manufacturing products with low-environmental impact materials and technologies. Wherever possible, plants consume clean fuels, such as low-sulfur oil or natural gas. Water treatment equipment installed at USG paper mills and ceiling tile plants recycles water and reduces effluent discharges to municipal treatment systems. And the company actively conserves energy by recycling heat. USG is active in a variety of environmental organizations. The company was also one of the...