Rising to the environmental challenge

• Published in: Concrete Vol. 40; no. 6; pp. 36 - 37
• Main Author: Richards, Norman
• Format: Magazine Article Trade Publication Article
• Language: English
• Published: London The Concrete Society 01.07.2006
• Subjects: Changes; Concrete; Corporate profiles; Environmental impact; Environmental management; Housing; ISO standards; Landfill; Legislation; Manufacturing; Recycling; Roofing; Shortages; Stone; United Kingdom > UK

By December 2000, aggregate taxation caused Marley Eternit to introduce processes that resulted in use of the crushed concrete waste as a partial aggregate replacement in roof tiles. By 2001, the company was using so much recycled material that it had to include concrete waste from Bison and clay wa...