DuraKerb

2019-09-06T10:39:06Z

Phil Sutton:

29 July marks Earth Overshoot Day 2019, the calculated date when resource consumption for the year exceeds what the Earth can regenerate, replenish and renew in that year. To lessen the detrimental consequences of ecological overshoot, sustainability-focused companies such as Econpro are providing innovative solutions that support the drive towards a circular economy.

This year’s date is the earliest it has fallen since the world passed the critical threshold in the 1970s, with the UK’s country specific day on 17 May this year. In response to the climate emergency, the UK government recently set an ambitious target of bringing all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.

The construction industry alone is facing pressure for rapid change, with just last month, The Royal Institute of British Architects declaring a state of climate emergency, making products such as Econpro’s DuraKerb revolutionary within the sector. Econpro - the specialist group of companies that transforms wastes and by-products into sustainable products - is highlighting its work with public and private sector construction and infrastructure groups seeking innovative and eco-friendly alternatives that also reduce carbon emissions and save the planet’s limited resources.

The construction industry uses more than 400 million tons of material a year according to a report by UK Green Building Council[[#ftn1|[1]]], much of which has a negative impact on the environment. Furthermore, The National Building Specification stated of that 400 million, 15% goes straight into landfill simply through over ordering, misordering or breakages[[#ftn2|[2]]]. With the potential to revolutionise the industry, Econpro develops unique solutions for converting and encapsulating waste products into reusable form, diverting tens of thousands of tonnes of materials otherwise destined for landfill.

Cement is the most widely used man-made material after water, responsible for around 8% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions[[#ftn3|[3]]]. With cement a key ingredient in concrete used for traditional kerbing, Econpro’s sustainable DuraKerb product not only to reduces levels of waste disposal, but also in turn reduces the output of cement and the carbon emissions linked to its production. Compared to the precast concrete counterpart, DuraKerb has saved approximately 12,000,000 kgs of emitted carbon as well as removed 1,000 articulated vehicles in transport due to the lightweight nature of the product.

Phil Sutton, Managing Director at Econpro, commented: “We are building an overwhelmingly large ecological debt more rapidly than ever before, so there has never been a more crucial time to revolutionise the ways in which we create and consume. Solving the waste disposal problem through innovative recycling techniques that reduce carbon emissions is at the very core of what we do, and what makes us strive harder every day to develop functional products and preserve natural resources. No doubt there’s a long way to go to make across the whole world, but Econpro are proud to be a company moving towards a circular economy and leading substantial change in the way we dispose, reuse and recycle.”

To find out more about Econpro go to: [http://econpro.co.uk/ www.econpro.co.uk]

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[[#ftnref1|[1]]] [https://www.ukgbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/UK-GBC-Leading-the-way.pdf https://www.ukgbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/UK-GBC-Leading-the-way.pdf]

[[#ftnref2|[2]]] [https://www.thenbs.com/knowledge/ https://www.thenbs.com/knowledge/] construction-waste-and-sustainability

[[#ftnref3|[3]]][https://reader.chathamhouse.org/making-concrete-change-innovation-low-carbon-cement-and-concrete https://reader.chathamhouse.org/making-concrete-change-innovation-low-carbon-cement-and-concrete#]

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DuraKerb

2019-09-06T10:37:29Z

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29 July marks Earth Overshoot Day 2019, the calculated date when resource consumption for the year exceeds what the Earth can regenerate, replenish and renew in that year. To lessen the detrimental consequences of ecological overshoot, sustainability-focused companies such as Econpro are providing innovative solutions that support the drive towards a circular economy.

This year’s date is the earliest it has fallen since the world passed the critical threshold in the 1970s, with the UK’s country specific day on 17 May this year. In response to the climate emergency, the UK government recently set an ambitious target of bringing all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.

The construction industry alone is facing pressure for rapid change, with just last month, The Royal Institute of British Architects declaring a state of climate emergency, making products such as Econpro’s DuraKerb revolutionary within the sector. Econpro - the specialist group of companies that transforms wastes and by-products into sustainable products - is highlighting its work with public and private sector construction and infrastructure groups seeking innovative and eco-friendly alternatives that also reduce carbon emissions and save the planet’s limited resources.

The construction industry uses more than 400 million tons of material a year according to a report by UK Green Building Council[[#_ftn1|[1]]], much of which has a negative impact on the environment. Furthermore, The National Building Specification stated of that 400 million, 15% goes straight into landfill simply through over ordering, misordering or breakages[[#_ftn2|[2]]]. With the potential to revolutionise the industry, Econpro develops unique solutions for converting and encapsulating waste products into reusable form, diverting tens of thousands of tonnes of materials otherwise destined for landfill.

Cement is the most widely used man-made material after water, responsible for around 8% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions[[#_ftn3|[3]]]. With cement a key ingredient in concrete used for traditional kerbing, Econpro’s sustainable DuraKerb product not only to reduces levels of waste disposal, but also in turn reduces the output of cement and the carbon emissions linked to its production. Compared to the precast concrete counterpart, DuraKerb has saved approximately 12,000,000 kgs of emitted carbon as well as removed 1,000 articulated vehicles in transport due to the lightweight nature of the product.

Phil Sutton, Managing Director at Econpro, commented: “We are building an overwhelmingly large ecological debt more rapidly than ever before, so there has never been a more crucial time to revolutionise the ways in which we create and consume. Solving the waste disposal problem through innovative recycling techniques that reduce carbon emissions is at the very core of what we do, and what makes us strive harder every day to develop functional products and preserve natural resources. No doubt there’s a long way to go to make across the whole world, but Econpro are proud to be a company moving towards a circular economy and leading substantial change in the way we dispose, reuse and recycle.”

To find out more about Econpro go to: [http://econpro.co.uk/ www.econpro.co.uk]

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[[#_ftnref1|[1]]] [https://www.ukgbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/UK-GBC-Leading-the-way.pdf https://www.ukgbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/UK-GBC-Leading-the-way.pdf]

[[#_ftnref2|[2]]] https://www.thenbs.com/knowledge/ construction-waste-and-sustainability

[[#_ftnref3|[3]]][https://reader.chathamhouse.org/making-concrete-change-innovation-low-carbon-cement-and-concrete https://reader.chathamhouse.org/making-concrete-change-innovation-low-carbon-cement-and-concrete#]

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