Newton Waterproofing, the UK’s leading independent designers and suppliers of guaranteed waterproofing systems, has been named a winner in this year’s celebrated National Building and Construction Awards, in recognition of the company’s commitment to sustainability.
Launched in 2019, the NBC Awards aim to raise the profile of industrious and enterprising building and construction businesses across the country, recognising excellence in the field.
Taking gold in the ‘Green/Sustainability’ category, which focuses on sustainable projects and their impact on the environment, Newton has been recognised for its extremely successful Recycling Service.
Since 2017, the Recycling Service has evolved into a streamlined and efficient process – from Newton’s warehouse, waterproofing products such as HDPE cavity drain membranes are delivered to its specialist contractors across the UK, who then install them and collect all of the off-cuts and waste in dedicated bags provided by Newton.
Whilst making deliveries of new products to its specialist contractors, Newton collects the full bags of recycling and returns them to the Newton head office on the backload, thereby avoiding creating additional emissions.
Thanks to an investment in an industrial granulator, plastics are then processed in-house according to the type of material, and stored in the Newton warehouse in bulk bags.
Once a large quantity of processed material has been accumulated, the bulk bags are collected by one of the UK’s largest plastic recyclers, who transform all of it into new raw materials, ready for the next stage in its lifecycle.
According to Newton’s fifth annual Sustainability Report, the company recycled 2.608 tonnes of membrane in 2021 by collecting 126 bags of waste membrane offcuts and used containers. This avoided the production of 2.99 tonnes of carbon dioxide – the equivalent to over 11,712 kilowatt hours of energy, which is enough energy to make 416,453 mugs of tea.
Newton Waterproofing’s Managing Director Warren Muschialli comments:
“It’s an honour to have been named a winner in the National Building and Construction Awards. We’re incredibly proud of our Recycling Service, and for it to be recognised by the judges must mean we’re doing something right.
“We look forward to developing our sustainability targets further in 2023, and arecommitted to helping shape the UK’s green agenda and providing sustainable construction by helping combat the industry’s waste problems.”