We aim to recycle as much of our waste as possible, here's what happens-
1. All the rough sanding dust is used to fuel the workshop stove which in turn heats the water which in turn heats the big radiators which keeps the workshop warm and helps dry out our flooring to an average MC% of approx 10-12%
2. All the fine sanding dust goes to my Mum for her garden, we leave her approx 6 sacks a week and she swears by it for her 1 acre garden as a composter and soil imporover, after all its only wood and her roses love it.
3. All the adhesive buckets are cleaned and given FOC to a farmer in Co.Tyrone for various tasks around the farm, the adhesive was originally packaged within a foil bag within the bucket so there are absolutely no remains of any adhesive left within the buckets.
4. All the cans and cardboard that the hard wearing laquers come in are left outside my house fully rinsed out for Bryson House recycling to take away every Friday
5. All the waste wooden flooring that either does'nt meet our quality control during restoration or off cuts from the installation are burnt in the stove in my own home, I have'nt had to buy fuel for it in the four years its been installed
6. All our old uniforms (which don't last long in this trade) are left to the clothes bank in Gilford to be turned into removal blankets that the furniture removal men use.
7. Our van is the new Mercedes Sprinter Euro 5 engine type and is reputed to have the lowest emmissions of any van in its class, It is also very fuel efficent with the average MPG currentley at 28
8. The only thing that we do dispose of is used abrasives, if anyone know's of a recyling use for them please let me know and I will do my best to recycle these as well.
9. We always try to use as much reclaimed flooring as possible within our designs, not only from an enviromental point of view but also because a lot of the new wood on the market is very fast growing (20-28 years) in many cases and can be very volatile as opposed to old reclaimed flooring that was growing in a non plantation forest for possibly several hundred years before being selected for felling and is generally a lot more stable in service.