Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Through a partnership with Willmott Dixon, The Pallet LOOP showcases an innovative approach to waste management that significantly cuts unnecessary waste, boosts operational efficiency, and reduces carbon emissions. This collaboration signifies a move from the traditional linear take-make-dispose model to a more circular approach.
The results of this partnership have been impressive. Nationally, The Pallet LOOP has recovered over 27,000 single-use white pallets from more than 70 Willmott Dixon sites, preparing them for re-use. For Willmott Dixon, this has led to a reduction of 5,500m³ in waste, a £78,000 saving in waste disposal costs, and a decrease of over three tonnes in CO2 emissions.
By minimising avoidable waste and adopting circular economy principles, both Willmott Dixon and The Pallet LOOP are leading the way in sustainable construction practices. This collaboration highlights how embracing innovative, eco-friendly methods can yield mutual benefits for both the business and the environment.
This strategy supports Willmott Dixon’s goal to eliminate all avoidable waste and redirect non-hazardous unavoidable waste from landfills by 2030, as outlined in their Now or Never strategy. To date, they have managed to reduce their total construction waste by 58% compared to 2012.
Willmott Dixon has sent a pile of pallets taller than The Shard back into the building materials supply chain from its Gascoigne project in Barking – where it is transforming a 1960s London estate into a modern, environmentally friendly community. The 3,974 pallets, which if stacked upwards would have been 516m tall, were removed from the site by The Pallet LOOP, an innovative circular economy, net-zero carbon, pallet re-use scheme; the only one of its kind operating in the construction sector.
Steve Kitchen, operations director for Willmott Dixon’s Gascoigne neighbourhood regeneration project, said:
“Willmott Dixon cares passionately about the environment and will do anything it can to reduce any negative impact. Partnering with The Pallet LOOP makes perfect sense to us as it aligns with our industry-leading sustainability strategy, Now or Never. So many pallets end up in skips, but this way the pallets we used to throw away will become part of the circular economy.
Not only does that reduce our construction waste and costs but it helps towards our net-zero aims and reduces CO2 emissions. The Pallet LOOP is part of a new wave of eco innovation companies, creating sustainability and driving forward new ways of working that have less of an impact on the planet. Willmott Dixon has committed to eliminating avoidable waste by 2030 and initiatives like working with The Pallet LOOP will help us achieve that ambition and make a positive contribution to the future of the planet.”
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