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Reclamation Time - a podcast hosted by Thornton Kay for reclaimers, architects, designers and reuse lifestylers. Listen live on X Spaces by iPhone or Android phone at 16:00GMT on the second Tuesday monthly, or listen to an edit of the recorded podcast. Opinions are the speakers' own, and on the Spaces live version may at times be more forthright.
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16 JUL 2024 · This month on X Thornton Kay was joined by Brad Guy and Brian Murphy in a discussion about policies which might increase the amount of building material reclaimed and reused. The discussion which lasted over 2 hours was then edited to around 40 minutes before being uoploaded here.
Some useful links about encouraging (a few do not) reclamation stockholding and the reuse of reclaimed building material in EU, USA and UK.
Europe
- https://www.eco-platform.org/eco-portal-access-point-to-digital-product-data.html
- Jane Andersen https://www.eco-platform.org/epd-facts-figures.html
- https://www.eco-platform.org/files/download/statements/ECO_2023.12.06_Letter_ECO%20Platform%20Indicators.pdf
- https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/green-public-procurement-eu.pdf public authorities
European Union
How does EU encourage public salvage, procurement, and reuse of reclaimed building material?
Mainly circular economy. Here are the main strategies and measures:
Green Public Procurement (GPP) and Circular Economy Action Plan
- Green Public Procurement (GPP): The EU promotes GPP as a tool to drive the market for sustainable products and services, including reclaimed building materials. GPP criteria are designed to encourage the use of recycled and reclaimed materials in public construction projects.
- Circular Economy Action Plan: This plan includes measures to enhance the circularity of the construction sector by promoting the reuse and recycling of building materials. It aims to integrate circular economy principles into public procurement processes.
- Waste Framework Directive: This directive prioritises the management of construction and demolition waste, setting targets for recycling and reuse. It encourages Member States to implement measures that promote the use of reclaimed materials in construction projects.
- Public Procurement Directives: These directives provide a legal framework for public procurement in the EU, allowing contracting authorities to include environmental criteria in their procurement processes. This can include requirements for the use of reclaimed building materials.
- National Action Plans (NAPs) - EU Member States have developed NAPs that incorporate circular economy principles. These plans often include specific targets and measures to promote the use of reclaimed materials in public construction projects.
- Funding and Incentives - Programs such as Horizon Europe and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) provide funding for projects that promote the circular economy, including the reuse of building materials.
- Incentives for Reuse and Recycling - The EU incentives include tax incentives, grants, and subsidies for projects that use reclaimed materials.
- Technical Standards and Guidelines - Technical Standards for Recycled(?) Materials - The EU is working on developing and harmonising technical standards for recycled and reclaimed materials to ensure their quality and safety. This helps to build trust and acceptance among public procurement authorities.
- Guidelines and Toolkits - The EU provides guidelines and toolkits to help public authorities implement circular procurement practices. These resources offer practical advice on how to include reclaimed materials in procurement specifications.
- Monitoring and Reporting - Circular Economy Monitoring Framework - The EU has established a monitoring framework to track progress towards a circular economy. This includes indicators related to the use of reclaimed materials in construction projects.
- Reporting Requirements: Public authorities may be required to report on their use of reclaimed materials in construction projects, helping to ensure compliance with circular economy goals.
- Examples of Implementation - Helsinki Dock Regeneration Project: This project involved recycling demolition materials into new build projects, demonstrating the practical application of circular economy principles in public procurement.
- Dutch Green and EU LIFE REBus Pilot Projects - These projects in Holland shown public procurement can drive demand for circular solutions including reuse use of reclaimed materials.
The EU encourages the reuse of reclaimed building materials in public procurement through a combination of legislative measures, funding programs, technical standards, and practical guidelines. By integrating circular economy principles into public procurement processes, the EU aims to reduce waste, conserve resources, and promote sustainable construction practices.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2017/602065/IPOL_STU%282017%29602065_EN.pdf
https://worldgbc.org/article/eu-roadmap-series-part-3/
https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/news/markets-commonly-recycled-materials-struggle
https://build-up.ec.europa.eu/en/resources-and-tools/articles/circular-construction-and-materials-sustainable-building-sector
https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/many-eu-member-states
https://environment.ec.europa.eu/strategy/circular-economy-action-plan_en
https://circulareconomy.europa.eu/platform/sites/default/files/2024-04/Reuse%20Toolkit%20-%20Procurement%20Strategies.pdf
https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/project-result-content/72b93579-f3e8-4450-9b82-20d721efb3e8/CaseStudies_Final__1_.pdf
United Kingdom
Mentioned by Thornton and Brian in the podcast - demolition and landfill tax
Estimated landfill taxes collected 2024 for different construction wastes in the UK:
Inert Construction Waste Landfill Tax - estimate £185.69 million
Putrescible (Non-inert) Construction Waste Landfill Tax - estimate £205.95 million
Figures based on the following assumptions and data:
- Total construction waste generated: 66.2 million tonnes
- Inert waste comprises approximately 85% of construction waste
- Putrescible waste comprises approximately 15% of construction waste
- Landfill tax rates for 2024: £103.70 per tonne for standard rate (putrescible waste) and £3.30 per tonne for lower rate (inert waste)
- Assumption that 20% of putrescible waste ends up in landfill due to waste management practices, recycling, and recovery processes
It's important to note that these are estimates and the actual figures may vary based on factors such as changes in waste management practices, recycling rates, and the accuracy of waste classification. The high proportion of tax from putrescible waste, despite its lower volume, reflects the significantly higher tax rate applied to this type of waste to discourage its disposal in landfills.
Links
https://futureuse.co.uk/resources/reuse-toolkit-procurement-strategies//
https://www.wastemanaged.co.uk/our-news/construction/construction-waste-guide/
https://www.wastemanaged.co.uk/our-news/construction/construction-waste-guide/
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/landfill-tax-rates-for-2024-to-2025/increases-to-landfill-tax-rates-from-1-april-2024
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data/uk-statistics-on-waste
https://abavus.co.uk/blog/changes-in-construction-waste-management/
https://mineralproducts.org/News/2024/release09.aspx
Landfill tax for Hazardous construction waste in the UK - Key Data Points
1. Total UK Waste in 2018: 222.2 million tonnes
2. Percentage of Waste from Construction, Demolition, and Excavation (CDE): 62%
3. Estimated CDE Waste: 137.76 million tonnes
4. Percentage of Hazardous CDE Waste: 5% (conservative estimate)
5. Estimated Hazardous CDE Waste: 6.89 million tonnes
6. Landfill Tax Rate for Hazardous Waste (2024): £103.70 per tonne
- Calculation of Landfill Tax for Hazardous CDE Waste
The estimated landfill tax collected for hazardous construction, demolition, and excavation (CDE) waste in the UK is approximately £714.31 million annually, based on the conservative estimate that 5% of CDE waste is hazardous and the landfill tax rate of £103.70 per tonne for Hazardous waste.
Additional Considerations
- Separate Statistics: Hazardous waste statistics are often collected separately due to their specific handling and disposal requirements. The Hazardous Waste Regulations (2005) mandate that Hazardous waste must be collected and disposed of separately to minimise environmental and health risks.
- Tax Bands: Hazardous waste is subject to the standard landfill tax rate, which is significantly higher than the lower rate applied to inert waste. This higher rate reflects the greater environmental impact and disposal challenges associated with Hazardous materials.
These calculations provide a rough estimate based on available data and assumptions. For precise figures, it would be necessary to consult detailed reports from environmental agencies or government bodies that track waste management and landfill tax revenues.
Links
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-and-allowances-landfill-tax/landfill-tax-rates-from-1-april-2013
https://sunskips.co.uk/news/landfill-tax-uk/
https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/~/media/shared/documen
17 JUN 2024 · Reclamation Time on X Spaces at 16:00 Tuesday 11 June 2024 live from the Building Centre, London hosted by Thornton Kay and Brian 'Specman' Murphy.
Reclamation Time is a chat about news and views on reclamation and reuse. Join with a smartphone on X Spaces Live on the second Tuesday of every month at 4pm UK time. An edited version is then uploaded as a podcast to Apple, Spotify, Spreaker and other platforms.
This month's advertisers - Wellers Auctions feature a clearance sale at https://auctions.wellersauctions.com/catalogue/b8b401c3720087c587ca1ec5c3199c54/45205abdbb84d2df36d33a64cd5790b5/clearance-auction-on-behalf-of-ashford-antique-centre-ltd-of/ of architectural salvage, reclaimed building material, antiques and agricultural machinery. Click the banner on salvoweb home page to view and bid. More of this can be seen on http://salvoweb.com
Episode notes and links:
https://www.buildingcentre.co.uk/whats_on/exhibitions/retrofit-24-commercial-cultural-civic-buildings The Reuse Agenda for Our Commercial, Cultural & Civic Buildings [Building Centre, London]
Here's how to create a circular system for the built environment [https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/11/heres-how-circular-system-building-materials/]
https://archive.epa.gov/greenbuilding/web/pdf/recy-bldg.pdf pdf [US EPA]
https://www.salvoweb.com/search/category/all/location/all/region/all?q=reclaimed%20bricks [SalvoWEB world]
https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/tde/projects/architectural-regeneration by Principal Investigator Professor Aylin Orbasli
https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/bioscience/champions-animal-regeneration/ [BBVA Open Mind]
https://thesustainableagency.com/blog/the-history-of-regeneration-and-regenerative-sustainability/
https://www.epa.gov/smm/frequent-questions-about-comprehensive-procurement-guideline-cpg-program (CPG) Program inc definitions of ‘recovered material’ and ‘recycled content’ [US EPA]
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/digital-2023-cloud-data-04-digipass DIGITAL-2023-CLOUD-DATA-04-DIGIPASS [EU]
https://www.bamb2020.eu/topics/materials-passports/ developed in BAMB are sets of data describing defined characteristics of materials in products that give them value for recovery and reuse.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5cf8d74fe5274a5f115e8778/AD_Regulation_7.pdf pdf [UK gov]
https://www.salvoweb.com/salvonews/17389-reclaimed-materials-and-products-and-the-uk-building-regulations [SalvoNEWS 18 March 2013 by T Kay
https://www.salvoweb.com/salvonews/16855-salvo-fair-christian-brick-reclaimers-of-st-albans - [SalvoNEWS 26 June 2006]
Limestone plays a significant role in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_cycle. When limestone is formed, carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is absorbed by rainwater and reacts with calcium carbonate in the rock to form calcium bicarbonate, which then washes into the ocean. Over time, marine organisms use this calcium bicarbonate to build their shells and skeletons. When these organisms die, their remains accumulate on the ocean floor and eventually form limestone rock. https://www.iaea.org/topics/oceans-and-climate-change/the-ocean-carbon-cycle. However, https://scrippsco2.ucsd.edu/graphics_gallery/mauna_loa_and_south_pole/mauna_loa_and_south_pole.html as shown in the graphs from the Mauna Loa observatory and the South Pole.
The next Reclamation Time live will be at 16:00 Tuesday 9 July 2024 on X Spaces - listen or join in using a smartphone
17 MAY 2024 · Sam Coster of Mongers Architectural Salvage in Hingham, Norfolk, is building a new home by converting an old steel framed building where he plans to ambitiously reuse 80% reclaimed building material by mass, much of it structurally. Sam discusses the whole scheme with Thornton. Traditional black glazed pantiles are mentioned - brought over from Holland where they were invented in Zwolle in 1466 to improve on the over and under tapered cylindrical roof tile, traditonally used throughout southern Europe, were known as monk and nuns in Holland. Iron oxide (rust) was added to the glaze which, in the oxygen reducing atmosphere of the kiln, turn the glaze black.
https://www.salvoweb.com/salvonews/38921-a-new-reclaimed-building • https://limecrete.co.uk • https://www.lime.org.uk • https://www.mongersofhingham.co.uk/latest-news
Last week, team Salvo was in attendance at the Battersea Decorative Antiques Fair, where the organiser, Pippa Roberts, kindly invited Salvo to display elements from the https://www.salvoweb.com/37582-liberty-1920s-staircases-panelled-entrance-hall-and-column-casings Salvo has been commissioned to assist Liberty to find a buyer. The new Salvo Pocket Guide was launched, and the Restoration Guide in conjunction with the https://www.salvoweb.com/salvonews/39099-craft-power-at-the-house-directory-live
Thanks to Wellers, this months advertisers.
22 May, Fawley, Oxon - https://auctions.wellersauctions.com/catalogue/40baf0e4292c23d296a734b14f56cdbe/45205abdbb84d2df36d33a64cd5790b5/lady-mcalpine-estate-clearance-unreserved-charity-sale/ • https://www.salvoweb.com/salvonews/39111-jostle-stones-at-the-fawley-hill-mcalpine-auction • https://www.salvoweb.com/salvonews/39048-lady-mcalpine-estate-clearance-charity-sale
26 May, Preston, Lancs - https://auctions.wellersauctions.com/catalogue/ea645060acaf8d5057e941d8d5d1c0d2/45205abdbb84d2df36d33a64cd5790b5/mostly-unreserved-clearance-auction-on-behalf-of-martin-edwa/ https://www.salvoweb.com/salvonews/39210-mostly-unreserved-clearance-auction-on-behalf-of-martin-edwards-reclaimed-building-materials
Please contact Salvo with comments or questions. Your comments and our answers may be added to this page.
3 MAY 2024 · Live on Reclamation Time, 16:00 Tuesday 9 April, Ankita Dwivedi explains the thinking behind https://firstplanit.com, her ground-breaking multifactorial new construction material and product chooser, and we think about incorporating the reclamation sector. Brian Murphy of https://greenbuildingcalculator.com almost joins in, but gadget gremlins get the better of him.
An extract was read from Mongers blog about Sam and Louise's 80% reclaimed building. Sam writes, "My honest conclusion to this part of our project is to question why more people are not doing it and using reclaimed steel."
https://www.mongersofhingham.co.uk/blog/a-new-reclaimed-building-3
https://www.mongersofhingham.co.uk/blog/a-new-reclaimed-building-4
There are piles of granite Jostle stones coming up at the Fawley Auction on 22 May
https://auctions.wellersauctions.com/catalogue/40baf0e4292c23d296a734b14f56cdbe/45205abdbb84d2df36d33a64cd5790b5/lady-mcalpine-estate-clearance-unreserved-charity-sale/
along with 180 other assorted reclamation lots many of which were rescued from the orginal St Pancras Station in London during its redevelopment for Eurostar.
https://www.cdp.net/en/
https://finance.ec.europa.eu/sustainable-finance/tools-and-standards/eu-taxonomy-sustainable-activities_en
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202302486
https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/05/wallmakers-toy-storey-home-kerala-india/
Former Salvo member, Stuart Grannen, has moved to Round Top. Architectural Artefacts abandons Chicago for a https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/world-class-collector-stuart-grannen-moving-chicago-shop-to-texas/vi-BB1lkFJ3.
The Decorative Antiques Fair in Battersea runs from Tuesday 7 May to Sunday 12 May. In addition to the hundred plus dealers and their stock, there is a display at the entrance about the 1924 Liberty & Co English oak, French walnut and Cuban mahogany staircase and panelled entrance hall for sale, comprising four artic loads of the finest Arts & Crafts International Style woodwork made from timbers specified by the great Arthur Lazenby himself.
And Salvo's latest pocket guide will by launched at the fair, together with a new restoration gude, produced in tandem with the House Directory who will have a stand in the mezzanine.
20 MAR 2024 · In this episode of Reclamation Time a trio consisting of Becky, Brian and Thornton have a frivolous rambling topical newsy chat at the futureBuild exhbition held in Excel London. Here are links to elucidate some of those about which we spoke, in order of mention.
- https://sprec.fr - le Syndicat Professionnel du Réemploi dans la Construction - the new French reclamation trade association which was launched last week
- The final https://vb.nweurope.eu/projects/project-search/fcrbe-facilitating-the-circulation-of-reclaimed-building-elements-in-northwestern-europe/the-final-activity-report/the-final-activity-report/ - a five year EU project - Facilitating the Circulation of Reclaimed Building Elements - Salvo, of which Becky and Thornton are directors, was the major UK partner, and to which Brian Musphy contributed,. The report is available in French and English - 'Welcome to the Reuse Office!'
- The https://futureuse.co.uk/the-salvo-pocket-guide/ - the new edition, currently in preparation, will feature the Salvo Restorers listings
- https://hiiguru.com
- https://www.washboxglobal.com
- https://www.graphenstone.co.uk - today (19 March 2024) the UK website of this Spanish product states that it contains graphene - 'whose fibres provide the coatings and paints of Graphenstone with innovative qualities: thermal conductivity, greater toughness, flexibility, strength and uniformity. This nanotechnology compound acts as a structural support mesh at the molecular level' (shouldn’t this be ‘atomic’?) 'which translates into greater durability and, therefore, lower maintenance and more significant savings.'
- https://asbp.org.uk - Alliance for Sustainable Building Products
- https://remo.org.uk is the new trading name for CCORRN – Cambridgeshire Community Reuse and Recycling Network and the REMO Charitable Trust. Remo paints
- Rolling Stones 1966 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flSmiIne-4k Mck, Brian Jones on sitar, and those crazy chicks
- Potted https://www.salvoweb.com/salvonews/36675-history-of-timber-treatment-from-1600bce-to-the-present-day
An edited version of Reclamation Time Live held on Twitter X on Tuesday 12 March 24 and partly recorded at the futurebuild exhibition in London on 7 March with Thornton, Becky and Brian at the futurebuild exhibition in London.
The next Reclamation Time Live will be broadcast at 16:00 (GMT/UCT) on Tuesday 9 April 2024.
Reclamation Time is broadcast live on Twitter X Spaces at 4pm on the second Tuesday of every month. Listen on a smartphone. Each recorded episode is edited and released as the Reclamation Time podcast on Apple, Spreaker, Spotify, Amazon and other platforms.
Thanks to this month’s advertisers http://www.bathdecorativeantiquesfair.co.uk on from 14-16 March at the Bath Pavilion, and the https://www.modernshows.com at London's Dulwich College on Sun 24 March from 10am-4pm.
Views expressed are the speaker’s own. Reclamation Time aims to be entertaining and thought-provoking but not a substitute for professional advice. Salvo welcomes comments, suggestions and corrections.
14 FEB 2024 · The United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals are used by 200 countries to inform policymakers but one of them, SDG12.5 encourages 'recycling and reuse'. The metric by which this is measured is 'recycling' alone and not 'reuse'. Brian Murphy and Thornton Kay discuss this topic and the reclamation and reuse of reclaimed doors at Nairobi Salvage Centre in Kenya, fairly recently made firedoors removed in demolitions and refurbishment of recently constructed buildings, upratong old timber doors to modern standards, along with the forthcominng construction show Futurebuild at London's Excel 5 - 7 March.
This episode of the Reclamation Time podcast was kindly supported by advertising from:
http://www.bathdecorativeantiquesfair.co.uk 15 - 16 March, Bath UK
Links
- https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/indicators-list
- https://www.facebook.com/nrbsalvagecentre
- https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/fire-resistance-historic-timber-panel-doors/ife-sig-guide-fire-resistance-historic-timber-panel-doors/
- https://www.futurebuild.co.uk
- Salvo websites: https://www.salvoweb.com • https://futureuse.co.uk • https://trulyreclaimed.org
- https://greenbuildingencyclopaedia.uk
Broadcast details
First recorded on X Spaces Live 16:00GMT/UTC Tuesday 13 February 2024
Edited and uploaded to Spreaker, Apple, Alexa, Spotify and more 14 Feb 24
Presenters were Thornton Kay of Salvo, Brian Murphy of Green Building Encyclopaedia
Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are the presenters and guests own views and do not represent those of their places of work or its employees. The podcast must not be taken as professional advice and is for entertainment and informational purposes only. Salvo welcomes any comments, suggestions, or correction of errors. Privacy is importance to us. No guarantee is given regarding the accuracy of any statements or opinions made on the podcast or website. The podcast is owned by Salvo Ltd (established 1991). The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_House_rule applies to this podcast which means that contents may be circulated but not attributed.
30 JAN 2024 · Brian Murphy gives a rundown of his green building websites. We start with some leftovers from December's episode.
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https://greenbuildingencyclopaedia.uk
https://greenbuildingcalculator.uk
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The next episode of Reclamation Time will be live on X Spaces at 16:00UTC 4pmGMT on Tuesday 13 February and recorded as a podcast which will appear on Spreaker, Apple, Google, Spotify and elsewhere.
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Reclamation Time Live is on X Spaces at 16:00 UTC 4pm GMT on the second Tuesday of every month. Salvo members are welcome to join the live conversation.
20 DEC 2023 · Thornton and Brian in conversation, live at 16:00GMT(UTC) on Tuesday 14th December 2023
Introduction with this month’s hosts:
Thornton Kay of Salvo:
https://www.salvoweb.com/
https://futureuse.co.uk/
https://trulyreclaimed.org/
And
Brian Murphy of Green Building Encyclopaedia:
https://greenbuildingencyclopaedia.uk
https://GBELearning.com
https://greenbuildingcalculator.uk
Salvo received a reply to our letter (13nov23) to Michael Gove, the minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities asking the government to amend the https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65829e99fc07f3000d8d4529/NPPF_December_2023.pdf (NPPF) to contain a supportive new statement about its circular economy ambitions by giving support to the reclamation and reuse of reclaimed building material. The reply (11dec23) thanked us for our email regarding Government support for the reclamation sector and reclaimed building materials, and went on, ‘I hope it will be helpful to set out the Government’s policy in this area’ and quoted from two further documents - the National Design Guide (NDG) and the National Model Design Code (NMDC) - neither of which appear to contain support for, or even mention, reclamation and reuse of reclaimed building material. The legal basis of the design guidance notes which exclude explicit support for reclamation and reuse is on page 4 of the NPPF, which directs readers to the government's https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7ef594e5274a2e8ab4946c/141015_National_Planning_Policy_for_Waste.pdf which says 'The Framework should be read in conjunction with the Government’s planning policy for traveller sites, and its planning policy for waste' which in turn directs readers to Article 3 of the revised Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) which can be found in https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2008/98/article/3 which states in para 13 that reuse means any operation by which products or components that are not waste are used again for the same purpose for which they were conceived. The cross referencing through many documents does not in our view show clear and transparent support for the circular economy with respect to the reclamation and reuse of reclaimed building material. How will this be viewed by local authorities (LAs) which write their own codes? Is there a legal recourse for salvage dealers to require their LAs to have clauses recommending reclamation and reuse? Thornton will draft and circulate a letter for Salvo members to use to send to their LA to ensure the reclamation and reuse of reclaimed building material is written into their local design guidance notes.
Brian recalled the general enthusiasm of ‘architects declare’ of two years ago and whether LAs have publicly consulted about their policies in this area. Thornton pointed out that the London area has developed planning policies and guidance requiring consideration for reclamation and reuse when demolition takes place. Adrian Dobinson in Bath was mentioned about his nascent ofplan.org (http://ofplan.org) about which we hope to have a chat in an episode next year.
Brian mentioned that AECB has produced LA templates for carbon, are they still available? Possible example policies and case studies. The AECB website does not seem to have anything useful on reclamation and reuse. Thornton made some more points about the need for people to take reuse more seriously.
PFAS, forever chemicals, POPs, novel entities - Salvo wrote to the Environment Agency about carpet tiles of which around half are believed to contain stain-resisting persistent organic pollutants (POPs) which contain chemicals such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per-_and_polyfluoroalkyl_substances (PFAs). We asked should they be landfilled and contaminate water, or reused above ground in a building until a device is made which can identify and decide the disposal pathway. No answer was forthcoming. In 1994 SalvoNEWS reported that a scientists from ISCOWA based in Utrecht provisionally found that reusable possibly toxic material with either a currently known toxic risk or a possible future one is better reused above ground in, for example, a building than buried in landfill where leachate will contaminate groundwater, or dispersed into the atmosphere via incineration possibly as a chemically-worse toxin such as dioxin. In future spectrographic analysis by iPhone will be possible to identify construction toxins and methods of safe and permanent disposal. Until that time comes reuse, possibly encapsulated, is the safest option.
Brian had experience of another POP, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8157593/, in PVC caused faults in, for example, plastic skirtings in hospitals. The use of phthalates were due to be resolved by the 2006 EU Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulations, now the 2021 UK REACH regulations. TK: There is now the https://echa.europa.eu/understanding-wfd, started in 2021, which currently lists chemicals used in over 12m products. And Brian mentioned a benign substitution portal, Subsport, which offers alternative less hazardous substances: https://clustercollaboration.eu/content/subsport-substitution-support-portal Asbestos was also briefly discussed - here is the link to a recent SalvoNEWS story on unlicensed, non-notifiable and notifiable work involving asbestos https://www.salvoweb.com/salvonews/38484-some-asbestos-removal-may-be-nonlicensed-hse-notifiable-or-not
Links to other topics discussed:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/minerals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_mass
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212982023000549
https://specifierreview.com/2023/07/11/sustainable-building-material-lime/
https://www.salvoweb.com/salvonews/38484-some-asbestos-removal-may-be-nonlicensed-hse-notifiable-or-not
RB Asbestos Consultants: https://www.rbasbestos.co.uk/asbestos-encapsulation-ultimate-guide/
Construction News: https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/administrations/hmrc-chasing-16-5m-from-squibb-group-over-alleged-tax-fraud-05-12-2023/
https://www.bellastock.com/bellastock-sinstalle-a-marseille/
https://gbelearning.com/sustainable-specification-writing-training/
Thanks to Primitivism for the music
1 NOV 2023 · This year Salvo has been doing a lot in London - exhibitions, talks, interviews, reclamation audits and the like - so what better than to relaunch the LinkedIn audio event known as ‘Reclamation Hour’ with a new ‘Reclamation Time’ podcast. First up, Sara Morel and Thornton Kay discuss topical news and views on reclamation and reuse in London retail and the Truly Reclaimed label for authentic reclaimed materials.
Useful links and info:
See SalvoWEB to catch Wellers’ online auction on behalf of Arc Reclamation: http://salvoWEB.com
Learn more about our Truly Reclaimed label for authentic reclaimed products: http://trulyreclaimed.org
Explore Liberty’s heritage Truly Reclaimed woodwork: https://trulyreclaimed.org/liberty-heritage-staircases/
Access resources like Fashion for Reclamation on our reuse economy platform: http://futuREuse.co.uk
Read Salvo’s reclamation protocol: https://www.salvoweb.com/salvonews/16287-salvo-reclamation-protocol-1995
The book Thornton referred to about ‘Junkery’ was: The Art of Window Display: A Complete Guide to Modern Methods of Shop Window Publicity, Shop Lighting, Interior Display and the Work of the Display Man, edited by Harold Ashford Down, published in 1931
Thanks to Primitivism for the music
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Reclamation Time - a podcast hosted by Thornton Kay for reclaimers, architects, designers and reuse lifestylers. Listen live on X Spaces by iPhone or Android phone at 16:00GMT on the...
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Reclamation Time - a podcast hosted by Thornton Kay for reclaimers, architects, designers and reuse lifestylers. Listen live on X Spaces by iPhone or Android phone at 16:00GMT on the second Tuesday monthly, or listen to an edit of the recorded podcast. Opinions are the speakers' own, and on the Spaces live version may at times be more forthright.
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| Author | Salvo |
| Organization | Thornton Kay |
| Categories | Society & Culture , Arts , Business |
| Website | salvoweb.com |
| reclamation.hour@icloud.com |
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