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 Harvesting System Will Cut Water Waste
Monday 6th June 2007
A leading print industry supplier is hitting back against global warming.
With rainwater becoming an increasingly precious resource as the UK starts to feel the effects of climate change, print waste recycling specialist J&G Environmental has invested £45,000 in a state-of-the-art rainwater harvesting system at its Blandford factory.
The company, which holds a Queen's Award for Sustainable Development, has installed two huge 8,000 litre underground tanks to collect surface and roof run-off that would otherwise have gushed into the drains.
The water will be continuously recycled and reused in J&G's waste handling processes, such as a wash plant used to clean tens of thousands of plastic containers collected from print companies and destined for recycling into building products.
J&G managing director Steve Armstrong said: "This plant alone can use up to 5,000 litres of water a day when working at full capacity. It's just wasteful not to use harvested water for an industrial process like that where water doesn't have to be purified to an unnecessarily high standard."
The UK Rainwater Harvesting Association says collection systems are particularly cost-effective when used at commercial buildings where there is a combination of large roof areas and high consumption of non-drinking water in industrial processes.
"Using harvested rainwater makes excellent commercial and environmental sense," says the organisation.
Mr. Armstrong said J&G were heavy water users because of the nature of the company's business. "We plan to make a big reduction in our reliance on mains water by using harvested water in as many processes as possible. Cleaning our lorry fleet, for example, is another obvious use for it."
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For further information please contact:
Steve Armstrong at J&G Environmental. Telephone: 01258 453445.
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