Berkeley, Bovis Lend Lease and Willmott Dixon agree to halve landfill waste

Berkeley Group, Bovis Lend Lease, Laing O’Rourke and Willmott Dixon have pledged to halve the amount of waste they send to landfill by 2012.

The firms are among the first to sign up to a voluntary agreement launched by government quango WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) to slash the amount of waste going to landfill each year.

Under the agreement, the businesses have consented to benchmark, measure and report their progress to WRAP so that it can produce annual performance data.

Environment minister Jane Kennedy said: “This agreement sends a clear message to the construction supply chain: it is time to stop the waste.

“These initiatives outline clear targets for waste reduction.

“Today WRAP offers the whole construction industry a robust and structured framework to help deliver these targets.”

Stanhope, Defence Estates and SEGRO have also signed up to the agreement.