How much does a school weigh?
Sometimes there is amazing good news to break, and the answer to the question contains surprising information that requires wider dissemination.
In the case of Springfield South - the Pink School - the answer is 2,500 tonnes.
Astonishingly, I am told that the contractors have managed to recycle all but under 50 tonnes of the rubble; with less than 2% going to landfill.
The rest - slates, window frames, steel and old maths jotters - have all been reused in one form or another.
That is an astonishing rate of recycling, and I understand that some of the other schools may actually have a HIGHER reuse rate.
This deserves wider publicity, loud plaudits and sincere hopes that local contractors can absorb the methodology and up their performance accordingly.
In the case of Springfield South - the Pink School - the answer is 2,500 tonnes.
Astonishingly, I am told that the contractors have managed to recycle all but under 50 tonnes of the rubble; with less than 2% going to landfill.
The rest - slates, window frames, steel and old maths jotters - have all been reused in one form or another.
That is an astonishing rate of recycling, and I understand that some of the other schools may actually have a HIGHER reuse rate.
This deserves wider publicity, loud plaudits and sincere hopes that local contractors can absorb the methodology and up their performance accordingly.
5 comments:
To be honest it wasn't the knowledge that they managed to re use so much of it - it was the speed the thing came down at and the speed of its disposal - mind you the Acres bog must have taken alot of filling in.
What memories that building held - Tadpole, Shungle, Roddy Goosey et al.
RIP
I'm fascinated. What have they actually re-used it for?
The new 'Palm Comhairle' being built off the coast of Stornoway in the shape of the Council logo to provide weekend retreats for the Councillors
@11.57
Thank you. First smile I've had from this blog for a long while.
Has anyone checked the new resident's skip in Goathill?
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