Production Inputs:
- Waste wall and floor tiles (over 99%)
- Clay binder and colouring oxides (under 1%)
- Water (added at less than 5%)
Factory Details:
- Fully automated machinery, except for quality control at packaging
- Operators are fully paid, over 18, and work in the clean factory environment
- Factory kilns are run on natural gas, not coal, so emissions contain no acids, or particulates
- Pictures shown here are in the factory
Product Cycle “End Of Life”:
- Where pavers are to be removed and crushed, and put to clean land fill: this is acceptable since they are completely inert
- Disposal poses no environmental threat