WRAP Launches Complete Online Guide To Sustainable Aggregates

AggRegain, the only website dedicated to the sustainable use of aggregate resources has been re-launched with the addition of seven major new modules designed to address the needs of the entire supply chain.

Developed by the Waste & Resources Action Programme, with the help of more than 20 leading industry organisations, www.aggregain.org.uk provides access to a wealth of new site content. The new modules, complete with interactive tools, cover the following key areas: Planning, Recycling Infrastructure, Quality, Waste Management Regulations, Demolition, Procurement and Sustainability.

"AggRegain now provides one place, where producers, specifiers, buyers and users of recycled and secondary aggregates can find everything they need to know," says Phil Wilson, Aggregates Project Manager at WRAP.

"Since its initial launch in 2003, AggRegain has played a valuable role in helping to promote a wider use for RSA and over this time we have listened to feedback from the aggregates supply chain on the need for further information. The new modules are a response to this and provide an in-depth and reliable source of knowledge and facilitation tools which will be of interest and practical use to the industry."

AggRegain will help specifiers and buyers of RSA identify material that meets performance specifications and their sustainability objectives, whilst also saving them money. For example, the Procurement module provides guidance and model clauses for the specification of RSA, while Sustainability is an interactive module identifying the role of RSA in sustainable construction practices and indexing tools.

The modules covering Planning, Recycling Infrastructure, Quality and Waste Management Regulations all provide valuable information for producers of RSA. AggRegain will help producers set up a new reprocessing facility, achieve a higher value for their products, ensure they are complying with the right regulations and that their products meet performance specifications.

"We're particularly proud of the interactive tool on the Recycling Infrastructure module which identifies the most suitable equipment and site layouts for a facility reprocessing the materials specified by the user," says Phil Wilson. "The demolition module provides interactive building mock-ups to help identify the potential for material recovery from demolition sites, and its subsequent re-use in new builds.

"All of the new modules are designed to equip the supply chain with the tools necessary to make the most informed production and procurement decisions. The new improved AggRegain provides the complete online guide to sustainable aggregates."