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Asphalt recycling
centre to save space in
landfill
A£250,000asphalt recycling centre
designed to slash thousandsof tonnesof
CO2 from roadandpavement surfacing
projectshasopened inBlunhamnear
Bedford.
The centrewas established byGreener
Surfacing after it secured funding ofmore
than£160,000 from asset finance specialist
Academy Leasing to invest inhot asphalt
recyclingmachinery.
NickAntrobus,managing director
of Greener Surfacing, said:“When road
resurfacingwork is carriedout, old asphalt
tends to be disposedof in local landfill sites
with large sums then being spent on fresh
virgin asphalt.The old asphalt cannow be
recycled and reused at amuch reduced
price, saving publicmoney, landfill issues
and costs andhelping councilsmeet their
carbon reduction targets.”
Greenermotoring
Avis has added the eco-friendly Peugeot
508Hybrid4 and3008Hybrid4 to the
company’s EcoCar Collection, helping
customers to savemoney on fuel and
reduce their carbon footprint.Avis in theUK
becameCarbonNeutral in1997, sincewhen
it has offset almost 200,000 tonnes of CO2
emissions.
Inbrief...
PAS2060updated
BSI, the business standards
company, has updated the PAS 2060
Specification for the demonstrationof
carbonneutrality introduced in2010
to provide validity to claims of carbon
neutral status and enable consistent
communicationof that status.The
revised standard specifies requirements
to bemet by any entity seeking to
demonstrate carbonneutrality through
the quantification, reduction and
offsetting of greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions in a credible and consistent
manner.
Greenbusiness boost
TheUniversity of Brighton
has announced a five-year, £3
million programme to boost the
environmental business sector in
Sussex.TheGreenGrowth Platformwill
provide a range of business services to
small andmedium-sized businesses
operating in the sector including one-
to-one business coaching, innovation
andR&D support, product/service
development, training, intern and
graduate recruitment, funding support
andnetworking. Formore information,
email
Tougher rulesonplastic
TCODevelopment has raised the
minimum post-consumer recycled
plastic content required for displays
toqualify forTCOCertified Edge
certification from65% to85%.TCO
Certified Edge is a supplementary
certification for best-in-class products
that already complywith all regular
TCOCertified criteria.
Nordic Ecolabel stricter
Nordic Ecolabel has become the first
Ecolabel in theworld to demand a
reductionof greenhouse gas emissions
used in LCD displays. Inorder to gain
certification, producersmust clean
emissions of nitrogen trifluoride
(NF3) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6),
two potent gases that are gaining in
popularity in the industry. In addition,
the external power cablemust
not contain phthalates (hormone-
disrupting plasticisers).
greenAgenda…
Less paper,morekudos
Business softwareproviderm-hance
receivedaUKGreenChampionaward
at this year’s International GreenApple
Awards for theenvironmental benefitsof
itsmobileeProcurement solution.
By significantly cutting paper use, the
PurchaseManagement systemhas enabled
customers to save 228 tonnes of CO2 per
annum and reduce processing costs by 80%.
The integratedmobile spend
management solution enables organisations
to track the approval status and location
of purchase requisitions, invoices and
expenses, and confirm receipt of goods
ordered electronically,minimising the time
and costs associatedwithmanual paper-
based processes.
Conflict-freemicroprocessors
launchedby Intel
Intel is encouragingmanufacturers and consumers to
support its efforts to create conflict-free supply chains,
as it launches theworld’sfirstmicroprocessors validated
as conflict-free for gold, tantalum, tin, and tungsten.
A processwithin Intel’s supply chainorganisation enables
it to validate that the smelters providingmetals used in
microprocessorsmade in its factories are not inadvertently
funding conflict in theDemocratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
where violentmilitias and rebel groups controlmanymines
worked by exploitedworkers.
To date, Intel has visitedmore than70 smelters in20
countries to provide educationon conflictminerals and
encourage participation in theConflict Free Smelter Program
andother independent 3rd party smelter validation audits.
Streetlampof the future
Zero Site is a new type of connected street lamp
developed by Philips and Ericsson that provides a novel
way of enhancingmobile broadband coverage in cities
and ameans of funding energy-efficient LED lighting.
The pole design combines LED lightingwith space to
accommodate telecoms equipment from Ericsson that
city authorities can rent out tomobile network service
providers. Philips LED street lighting can generate energy
savings of 50-70%or up to80%when coupledwith
smart controls.
Bob Leet, Intel
supplier code of
conduct program
manager, holds
Tungstenore chips
from theCodemibu
MiningCooperative
near Kigali, Rwanda.
m-hance
PurchaseManagement
ProductManager
Mary Jacobs collecting
the award.
