2021 Sustainability Report
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Newton Waterproofing Systems DESIGNED. SUPPLIED. GUARANTEED. Sustainability Report 2021 The 5th Annual Sustainability Report, Including the Newton Recycling Service & Our Industry-Leading Sustainability Initiatives

Newton’s award-winning recycling service collects and recycles waste membrane into new construction products “Environmental issues are increasingly in the spotlight. The plastic and construction industries are under more pressure than ever before to do the right thing. This innovative new service from Newton provides lots of businesses with the chance to recycle their plastics, and actually it’s a game-changing service that will allow a transparent and certifiable option to recycle their plastic membranes. Stuart Foster, Recycling Of Used Plastics (RECOUP) Newton Waterproofing Systems...

CONTENTS Newton & Sustainability 1. Welcome to Newton 2. From 1848 to 2021 Recycling Performance 1. Newton Recycling Service 2021 2. How it works 3. Total performance Sustainable Products & Practices 1. 100% recycled products 2. Hazardous waste management partnership 3. Office and warehouse recycling 4. Sponsorship

NEWTON & SUSTAINABILITY WELCOME TO NEWTON Another year gone and another year of new challenges and changing circumstances, with more national lockdowns, huge increases in the cost of materials, and greater pressure on suppliers. However, I’m proud to say that Newton has kept sustainability in waterproofing at the top of our agenda, and we’ve even taken further steps to tie our recycling and sustainability initatives into the other industry-leading services that we provide. These include taking design liability under our own professional indemnity insurance when using a Newton Specialist...

John Newton established the company in 1848 in South London, recycling waste hair from the tanneries to make plasterers hair for the construction industry, soon becoming the largest supplier in England. Introduces ‘Newlath’ and pioneers the air gap method of damp proofing in the UK. With over 5 million square metres of Newlath installed, the product is upgraded to create the first damp proofing sheet membrane manufactured from HDPE with a mesh surface for a direct plastered finish. Introduces Newton System 500, the first complete below-ground waterproofing solution. Introduces the first...

BES 6001 & BREEAM THE FRAMEWORK STANDARD FOR THE RESPONSIBLE SOURCING OF CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS As the name suggests, the BES 6001 standard from the Building Research Establishment (BRE) is a means of demonstrating, via independent, third-party certification, that products approved by the scheme have been responsibly sourced. Certification to BES 6001 is voluntary, and companies wishing to meet the standard must satisfy certain elements within each of the main areas of organisational management, supply chain management, and environmental and social responsibility management. As of the 14th...

Certificate of Approval Certificate Number: RS0057 Newton Waterproofing Systems having complied with the requirements of: Framework Standard for Responsible Sourcing has achieved a performance rating of: Good and is authorised to use the BRE Global Certification Mark on the following product(s) and associated stationery and publications. Head Office Address Production Site(s) Newton House 17-20 Sovereign Way Tonbridge Kent TN9 1RH Emma Baker Signed for BRE Global Ltd Scheme Manager Date of this Issue Date of First Issue Expiry Date This certificate and appendix remains the property of BRE...

RECYCLING PERFORMANCE BAGS OF WASTE MEMBRANE OFFCUTS NEWTON RECYCLING SERVICE 2021 Now in its fifth full year, the award winning and free Newton Recycling Service is still pushing sustainability best practice in UK waterproofing. During 2021 the biggest development was the expansion to also recycle plastic and metal bottles and containers from our liquid products, through a new partnership with a leading specialist company in hazardous waste management. In the first few months since the update we have received over a quarter of a tonne of new material for recycling, with the potential for...

KILOWATT HOURS WHICH WOULD BE ENOUGH ENERGY The Newton Recycling Service in practise at a large vault waterproofing project in Central London

From Newton’s warehouse, waterproofing products are delivered to our specialist contractors across the UK. Deliveries in London and the South East are also provided by Newton’s own in-house fleet of FORS certified vans. Newton specialist contractors install Newton’s recyclable products, such as HDPE cavity drain membranes and PVC drainage systems, and collect all of the off-cuts and waste in dedicated tonne bags provided by Newton. Whilst making deliveries of new products to our specialist contractors, Newton collects the full bags of recycling and returns them to Newton head office on the...

TOTAL PERFORMANCE RECYCLING & SUSTAINABILITY STATISTICS SINCE 2017 The service was first launched in March 2017. The below data is correct up to the end of 2021. Emissions Avoided Number of bags of recycling returned Emissions translated into an equivalent volume of petrol Energy savings achieved by recycling Newton products Weight of all recycled HDPE & PVC products sold Emissions prevented Pound Sterling Total weight of all product returned for recycling Average weight of the recycling bags Total emissions avoided by the recycling service Transport and Logistical Savings Total skip space...

SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS 100% RECYCLED PRODUCTS Newton are the only UK waterproofing suppliers with two HDPE cavity drainage membranes that are 100% recycled and BBA-certified - Newton 508 eco Floor and Newton 520 eco. Both Newton Basedrain and Newton Floordrain are also manufactured from 100% recycled PVC. No other waterproofing supplier can provide as much tangible data on the environmental savings from specifying our recycled products. For example, in 2021 our recycled product range delivered: COMBINED RECYCLING DATA Combining the recycling data and recycled product data gives the following...