"The construction and demolition industry creates three times more waste than all 21 million households in the UK put together with 36.2 million tonnes sent to landfill every year,"
The company has set targets to reduce its landfill rate to 40% of non-hazardous waste in 2006, 30% in 2007, 18% in 2008 and 9% in 2009. It is aiming for a zero landfill rate for non-hazardous waste by 2010.
The company has already been running recycling pilot programmes, and its Midlands regional operation is already reaching an 87% recycling rate.
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