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Metal recycling firm receives Lloyd’s quality accreditation
Derbyshire-based metal and waste recycling specialist, Ward, has achieved approval of the ISO 9001:2015 quality standard from Lloyd’s Register (LR) for its deep-sea dock at Immingham.
The dedicated Associated British Ports (ABP) site in North Lincolnshire was opened in 2018 for collecting, processing and recycling ferrous and non-ferrous metals for export. The move expanded Ward’s capability for processing over 500,000 tonnes of metal annually and this month it received official accreditation from prestigious auditors, Lloyd’s Register, for its Quality Management Systems.
Ashley Oates, Head of Sustainability at Ward, said: “We used the period of disruption during lockdown to be able to really focus on achieving this accreditation. We took the opportunity to scale back other projects and spent the time going through the rigorous audit process required to meet the Lloyd’s Register quality standards. We managed to complete both the Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits in record time.”
The scope of the approval is applicable to the provision of waste and scrap metal collection services, the processing and recycling of such materials and the supply/disposal of the products produced.
Ashley added: “It is a prestigious quality standard and we are proud of the team for working so hard to deliver the requirements in the relatively short time Immingham has been operational. This gives us a real competitive advantage in the metal export market.”
Lloyd’s Register assessors and trainers are sector specific experts who fully understand the business and sectors that Ward operates in. Its quality management solutions are deployed to improve both the effectiveness and efficiency of an organisation. As an approved client, Ward is now among a limited number of businesses that can use a Lloyd’s Register approval mark to demonstrate its achievement to clients, prospective clients and key stakeholders.
The quality approval comes as the multi-award winning, independent fourth generation family business completed a significant investment at its Ilkeston site with the installation of a Metso pre-shredder and has started to be able to offer its full range of metal recycling and waste management services, rather than only key essential and clinical waste services, as lockdown measures begin to ease.
For more information on Ward’s metal recycling and waste management capabilities visit www.ward.com
The Sheehan Group produce record volume of
recycled sand made from recycled aggregate
The Sheehan Group have produced 333,000 tonnes of recycled sand – the same volume of sand used to build the world’s tallest building the Burj-Khalifa in Dubai.
The recycling and sustainable construction company produce recycled sand by repurposing leftover soil and aggregate from demolition and construction sites - saving it from landfill. Construction waste is recycled at the Sheehan Group’s CDE Global Advanced Recycling Plant producing high quality sand, concrete blocks, recycled aggregate, and other construction materials.
Contractors are embracing the high-grade recycled sand, which has a lower carbon footprint and protects a scarce natural resource. Since the Sheehan Group installed the CDE Global Advanced Recycling Plant at its Oxfordshire base in 2012 it has diverted 825,000 tonnes of soil from landfill and created low carbon concrete blocks, recycled aggregate, recycled sand and ready-mixed concrete.
Tara Sheehan, Finance Director at the Sheehan Group said: “It largely goes unreported that sand is on the endangered natural resource list. Globally around 13 billion tonnes of sand are mined for construction and the impact on the environment is vast and unsustainable.
“Natural resources will not be able to cope with on-going demand, but there are alternative solutions that are sustainable. Our Circular Driven Economy approach to recycling C&D waste not only reduces the amount of waste going to landfill, it also creates high quality recycled products that can be used in local projects.
“In eight years, we have produced 333,000 tonnes of recycled sand, which competes with mined products on the market. We are finding more contractors are requesting recycled sand to use in construction projects and by doing so are helping make a positive difference to the climate emergency. It is a real progress for the CDE movement.”
The Sheehan Group produces high-grade construction quality coarse sand and fine sand which is available to contractors in bulk. Last year it significantly invested in upgrading its CDE Global wet processing plant to produce higher quality recycled sand. It was one of the first companies in the UK to introduce the technology which is used for density separation to the existing system.
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