Creating Environmental Awareness in Schools

Dunton Environmental continues on its community programme by promoting environmental awareness in schools situated around the West Midlands area. The latest presentation was held to over 200 pupils at Grove Vale Primary School in Great Barr, Birmingham.





The seminar enabled the students to make the link between global issues and their own environment focusing on simple ways to reduce waste, promote sustainability and recognize the importance of local wildlife and bees in our eco-system.

Dunton also sponsored the schools 'eco-team' by providing a starter-pack of books, gardening tools, bird feeders, flower seeds and a bee hotel to help kick start their plans to create an environmentally friendly nature area.

The Head of School stated "your presentation added value to our pupil’s knowledge of their wider role in the community and we will continue to focus on this in school" also adding "your presence highlighted we can all be doing more".




At Dunton, we truly believe that education provides the catalyst for future generations to bring about change and it is only right that we impart our knowledge with tomorrow's future. Children are great imitators so we give them something great to imitate.

Whilst implementing our schools programme we also recognise the importance of voluntary community work and are particularly interested to learn of any future opportunities where Dunton may be able to provide environmental assistance.

Dunton given Japanese Knotweed Eradication Project

Dunton has been awarded a Japanese Knotweed Eradication Project at the former Honda dealership in Northampton. Details of the works includes the spray treatment of the invasive weed and earthworks for access to the affected areas.

Dunton – Helping You Achieve Zero Waste

The construction and demolition industry creates more than 110 million tonnes of waste each year, with 25 million tonnes sent to landfill. In order to meet the Zero Waste targets, a different approach to managing waste is required.

What’s the problem with waste?
The first problem with waste is that we are running out of places to put it. In the UK the amount of waste generated is increasing and much of it ends up in landfill sites which are rapidly filling up. The other problem with waste is that it represents a misuse of valuable resources. UK landfill sites are due to reach capacity and the ‘landfill tax’ escalator is a further incentive to find better alternatives.

What does it mean to you?
Put simply, waste costs money. The Halving Waste to Landfill Commitment was designed by WRAP to provide a supportive framework to encourage the construction industry to work together to reduce waste. By supporting the commitment your business can cut its cost and reduce its carbon footprint.

How can we Help?
At Dunton Environmental we specialise in developing and implementing ground remediation and waste minimisation solutions for land restoration. By developing advanced technologies in these fields over the past 10 years we are able to provide faster, professional and low cost solutions for remediating contaminated land and soils.

Consider these examples: 

Example 1:

Site has 1000 m³ surplus contaminated made ground

• Site requires 500 m³ subsoil
• Site requires 300 m³ topsoil
• Site requires 200 m³ crushed stone

 Conventional Method-Cart Away and Import

Description	Quantity m³	Price £/m³	Value
Cart Away	1000	35.00	£  35,000.00
Landfill Tax	1000	64.00	£  64,000.00
Import subsoil	500	25.00	£  12,500.00
Import topsoil	300	25.00	£    7,500.00
Import crushed stone	200	25.00	£    5,000.00
		Total Cost	£124,000.00

Benefits using Regener8 recycling Technology

Description	Quantity m³	Price £/m³	Value
Screen soil stockpile to recover hardcore	1000	3.00	£  3,000.00
Apply Regener8 to convert contaminated made ground to subsoil grade material	1000	25.00	£25,000.00
Apply Regener8 to convert subsoil to topsoil grade material	300	10.00	£  3,000.00
Crush recovered hardcore to 6f2 grade	200	4.00	£     800.00
		Total Cost	£31,800.00

Cost Saving using Regener8 £92,200.00 (74.35% saving)

• All soils retained on-site
• No import required
• All requirements met

Note: The above is an example only. Actual costs are site specific and dependent on volumes.

Example 2:

Site has 1000 m³ surplus uncontaminated made ground

• Site requires 500 m³ subsoil
• Site requires 300 m³ topsoil
• Site requires 200 m³ crushed stone

 Conventional Method-Cart Away and Import

Description	Quantity m³	Price £/m³	Value
Cart Away	1000	30.00	£30,000.00
Import subsoil	500	20.00	£10,000.00
Import topsoil	300	25.00	£  7,500.00
Import crushed stone	200	25.00	£  5,000.00
		Total Cost	£52,500.00

  
Benefits using Regener8 recycling Technology

Description	Quantity m³	Price £/m³	Value
Screen soil stockpile to recover hardcore	1000	3.00	£  3,000.00
Apply Regener8 to convert made ground  to subsoil grade material	500	15.00	£  7,500.00
Apply Regener8 to convert subsoil to topsoil grade material	300	10.00	£  3,000.00
Crush recovered hardcore to 6f2 grade	200	4.00	£     800.00
		Total Cost	£14,300.00

Cost Saving using Regener8 £38,200.00 (72.8% saving)

• All soils retained on-site
• No import required
• All requirements met

Note: The above is an example only. Actual costs are site specific and dependent on volumes.

Top Safety Accreditation for Dunton Environmental!

Dunton Environmental has been awarded accreditation from safecontractor for its commitment to achieving excellence in health and safety.

Safecontractor is a leading third party accreditation scheme which recognises very high standards in health and safety management amongst UK contractors.

The company’s application for safecontractor accreditation was driven by the need for a uniform standard across the business.

Lara Roe, the Health & Safety Director at Dunton remarked that 'Our award of the safecontractor accreditation emphasizes our commitment to supporting our clients with high standards in health and safety compliance'.

Safecontractor accreditation will enhance Dunton’s ability to attract new contracts and its commitment to safety will be viewed positively by its insurers when the company liability policy is up for renewal.

Safecontractor plays a vital role in supporting our clients in meeting their compliance needs, whilst working with their contractors as they progress through the accreditation process.

Under the safecontractor scheme, businesses undergo a vetting process which examines health and safety procedures and their track record for safe practice. Those companies meeting the high standard are included on a database, which is accessible to registered users only via a website.

Over one hundred and seventy major nation-wide businesses, from several key sectors, have signed up to use the scheme.

Dunton’s Technologies a Success in Plymouth!

Dunton Environmental Ltd has successfully decontaminated a site earmarked for residential development in the south-west. Through a combination of our unique land and water technologies the site was able to re-use contaminated materials on-site at levels that were acceptable to all stakeholders.
The works primarily comprised the use of our rapid Bio-Accelerator to enhance the bioremediation of organic pollutants and our Bio-H-Filter media to remove free phase and dissolved phase organic pollutants within the perched groundwater. The whole process was completed on time and within budget prompting a ‘great result’ from the Client.

As the sun begins to set on the era of dig and dump we are increasingly responding to requests to help our customers avoid the higher costs associated with landfill disposal costs. To find out how Dunton can save you money on projects please contact James Hill at our Head Office today on 0121 356 4360.