Fabrication company EFP Group Ltd, started RE:AL in 2019 as part of a global Corporate Social Responsibility strategy that ensures 100% of the company’s own aluminium composite fabrication waste is processed responsibly and safely. Currently EFP fabricates 500,000m2 of cladding annually, with 20 per cent of that resulting in waste material that would otherwise go to landfill. RE:AL is a company focused on diverting 100% ACM away from landfill, with the ambition of complete recycling based on a process that results in truly green separation with no secondary pollution.
KEEPING ACMOUT OF LANDFILL
RE:AL aims to not only reduce, but eliminate all ACM wastage from ending up in landfill, via the fabrication, re-cladding and signage industries. Up to 15-20 per cent of ACM is wasted and sent to landfill during the cladding panel manufacturing process alone. Add that to the hundreds of buildings across the UK, and thousands across the world that are having cladding removed and replaced with safer, fire-rated alternatives, and it adds up to a disturbing amount of ACM heading to landfill each year. RE:AL provides sustainability within construction by offering fabrication companies as well as contractors undertaking ACM removal from existing buildings a responsible solution to ACM disposal.