Tarmac Building Products Ltd Environmental Performance Summary
Through our Environmental and Energy-Greenhouse gas policies (2010) we commit to meeting reduction targets for energy use, greenhouse gas emission, mains water consumption and waste to landfill expressed as values per tonne of production.
o Energy (kWh/tonne) 25% reduction between 2004 and 2014
o Carbon Dioxide (kg/tonne) 15% reduction between 2004 and 2014
o Mains Water (litres/ tonne) by 45% reduction between 2004 and 2012
o Waste to landfill (kg/tonne) by 75% reduction between 2004 and 2012.
The table below summarises the provisional cumulative values achieved for each of the four main TBP product groups for the first half of 2011 and the overall values for TBP, which are compared with equivalent values from 2004.
|
Product Group |
Energy 1 kWh/tonne |
CO2 2 Kg/tonne |
Mains water 3 |
Waste 4 Kg/tonne |
|
Aircrete and Aggregate Blocks |
81.33 |
21.61 |
125.0 |
n/a |
|
Packed Products |
5.33 |
3.67 |
136.1
|
n/a |
|
Mortars, screeds, grouts, plasters and cementitious products |
29.7 |
7.64 |
123.4
|
n/a |
|
Precast Products |
147.2 |
42.6 |
402.2 |
n/a |
|
TOTAL Tarmac Building Products Ltd |
49.0 |
4.55 |
135.3 |
0.76 |
|
2004/05 Baseline |
70 |
16.2 |
160 |
10.9 |
|
% Change |
-30% |
-71.9% |
-15.4% |
-93.0% |
Notes:
1Performance data is expressed per tonne of (saleable) product.
2 "Energy" comprises electricity and all fuels used in the manufacturing processes .
3 "CO2" is calculated from the process energy value using DEFRA conversion factors (TBC) .
4Water comprises mains water used in the manufacturing process.
Waste comprises all non-hazardous waste sent to licensed landfill
