Waste

The focus then shifts to ensuring that waste materials are either reused, recycled or otherwise recovered. We have found uses for many of our wastes in other sectors of industry.

In certain cases, disposal is the only cost-effective alternative for our wastes. This is always done in a manner that ensures environmental impacts are minimised. Landfill is the dominant disposal option, particularly in the UK, where our landfill sites are covered by the stringent requirements of the EU Landfill Directive.

Despite significant efforts made by the businesses to increase the segregation of wastes, thereby improving the opportunities to reuse and recover materials,  we missed our target of a 10% reduction in production waste to landfill between 2005 and 2007. Consequently, we have set a new target relating to waste reduction which will focus on BOS plant waste streams which account for a substantial proportion of our total landfilled waste.

Corus Construction & Industrial has launched a new waste segregation centre at Scunthorpe to allow waste streams from across the numerous plants and departments to be centrally segregated and despatched for recycling. On a site the size of Scunthorpe, the centre is fundamental to achieving our business objective of reducing waste to landfill. An eight-foot giant sculpture, known as Mr Rhys I Kling, made entirely of recyclable materials stands at the entrance to the centre to promote awareness.