Zero Waste Gold Award

The awards, organised by letsrecycle.com, recognise excellence in waste prevention and re-use, recycling and energy recovery and are open to all organisations in both the public and private sectors.   

Derek Carter, chief executive of the Portakabin Group, said, "We have seen significant reductions in waste over the past three years as a result of our strong commitment to re-using and recycling materials and by engineering waste-generating operations out of the manufacturing process. To achieve national recognition for this work and our achievements to date gives our customers, staff and suppliers even greater confidence in the sustainability of our approach and our accommodation solutions.”

The Zero Waste Gold Award was presented to Portakabin for its many recycling initiatives and achievements which include:

•  Succeeding in its objective of zero waste to landfill at its manufacturing centre in York a year ahead of its December 2013 target

•  Setting up 18 different waste streams for recycling materials from metals and timber to vinyl flooring, batteries and cabling          

•  Using new materials in the manufacture of Portakabin buildings that have a recycled content of 35%

•  Designing out the use of painted components, reducing airborne solvent emissions by 20%

•  Launching an Energy-Saver range to enable Portakabin customers to reduce energy use by more than 60%.