Increased economic activity usually goes hand-in-hand with increased consumption of finite resources, however the circular economy addresses not only climate change but also other global challenges such as biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution through the reuse of materials.
The circular economy is defined by the Ellen MacArthur foundation as follows:
In our current economy, we take materials from the Earth, make products from them, and eventually throw them away as waste – the process is linear. In a circular economy, by contrast, we stop waste being produced in the first place. The circular economy gives us the tools to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss together, while addressing important social needs. It gives us the power to grow prosperity, jobs, and resilience while cutting greenhouse gas emissions, waste, and pollution.
Road Sweeping & Gully Waste and the circular economy
Many companies that provide road sweeping and gully cleaning services face high costs to dispose of the resulting waste products, often in landfill. As costs of landfilling continue to increase via the Landfill Tax escalator, the business case – and of course, environmental considerations above all else – for recycling road and gully disposal waste becomes ever more compelling.
Sweeptech utilises proven equipment, which uses a series of dewatering, density separation, attrition and high-pressure washing techniques to process road sweeping and gully waste and remove contamination.
A growing need to make better use of materials, demonstrate commitment to sustainability and look after our planet, means extracting valuable resources like sand and stone is more important than ever. Indeed, road sweepings and gully waste are mainly inert sand and gravel which is ripe for processing and separating for reuse.
Sweeptech’s process, and commitment to facilitating a circular economy means we change waste materials into products with sand and stone.
Even organic material can go through a further process that works by creating favourable conditions for the growth of naturally occurring microorganisms in soil, which consume contaminants, degrading them to compounds that are not toxic to the environment. The treated soils are then beneficially reused in restoration schemes to divert from landfill void. This provides complete environmental sustainability for our customers.
