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(left to right) Roger Frost, Pete Thomas, Mike Harrison, Nick Baker and Peter Okmark
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During the event, which was sponsored by Tarkett, attendees heard from the following expert speakers:
- Pete Thomas of the Flooring Sustainability Partnership reflected on recent research from the Flooring Resource Efficiency Action Plan. This reported a 33% increase in vinyl flooring recycling and an increase of over 50% in carpet manufacturing waste. He then examined current and future European legislation and UK government policy, including the introduction of CE marking for all construction products from 2013. This was followed by an update on the re-launched Vinyl 2010 scheme, now known as VinylPlus, which includes a commitment to annually recycle 100,000 tonnes of vinyl that requires ‘innovative approaches’, such as end-of-life flooring.
- Roger Frost, director and general manager for Balfour Beatty in the Midlands, reviewed some of the major challenges facing a large-scale construction project, using his experiences on the new £542m Birmingham Hospital to explain how the use of closed-loop recycling and off-site construction can help to achieve environmental targets. Twelve rooms were successfully trialled with Tarkett’s closed-loop scheme, whereby flooring offcuts were reprocessed into the backing for new safety flooring, which was then returned to site for installation.
- The Tarkett Group’s approach to sustainability is called Balanced Choice and Peter Okmark, environment and sustainable manager, was on hand to explain the principles of this, along with an introduction to the new cradle-to-cradle certification scheme.
- Finally, Nick Baker, sustainable procurement lead for Skanska gave a fascinating insight into his company’s
Journey to Deep Green, covering Skanska’s environmental commitment and focusing specifically on waste management strategies at the ongoing Barts and Royal London Hospitals project as an example of best practice. To date, over six tonnes of vinyl flooring offcuts have been returned for recycling, helping to achieve a total of 96% of all waste from the project being diverted from landfill.
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