Jane Embury looks at National Recycle Week National Recycle Week (20th to 26th September) is nearly upon us. It’s a chance to consider our own environmental impacts, whether as companies or individuals. In its 18th year, it’s an initiative that is more important than ever. All of us are aware that we face a climate […]
sustainability
Building for sustainability
Jane Embury looks at construction and the environment The green agenda is just about to get a whole lot greener, whether we like it or not. Next month sees the start of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. It will cast a very bright spotlight on human activity and […]
Glass recycling
Denis Wright, the company’s chairman, says that glass is the most sustainable of building materials. Wrightstyle takes a look at glass recycling. Glass In Everything Glass is ubiquitous. In commercial buildings, it can form a major part of the external envelope. And for all buildings, as Le Corbusier remarked, the history of architecture is the […]