The Worktop Fabricators Federation (WFF) has announced a new partnership with recycling platform Reutilize, looking to help stone companies reduce their product wastage.
Founded by Tim Mathews, managing director of fabricator Counter Productive, Reutilize allows users to list their waste stone or engineered stone products for free on its central stock list, which can be ordered by other professionals.
Its aim is to help companies reduce their material waste going straight to landfill by reusing existing stock. The company says this allows fabrication companies to collectively recycle, achieving a positive impact for the industry as a whole.
The partnership is supported with a new area under the Membership area of the WFF’s website. This takes users straight to a dedicated page on Reutilize’s own webpage, where they can list their own waste surface products, or search for ones listed by other users.
Nigel Fletcher, operations officer at the WFF, said: “We’re delighted to be able to offer our members this service helping them to clear remnants, stop filling up landfill with offcuts, while adding to their bottom line profit. It’s a win-win and a great partnership for us.”
Similarly, Tim Mathews recounts: “Things started gathering pace for us when I made contact with Nigel from the WFF, and we have achieved a great deal of progress to the point where Nigel now has a solid offering for all WFF members to start listing,” explained Mathews.
“I agreed early on that we would allow WFF members to use Reutilize for its members’ purposes, as they represented the right kind of companies we wanted to push for this initiative. Using up existing stock is important, but doing it through companies who are applying the correct levels of H&S is also important, even though Reutilize isn’t there to police this process. It seemed like a natural partnership on the stone/quartz/porcelain side.
“We are about to launch the e-commerce functionality of the site, and much of the stone/quartz/porcelain databases have now been built in the back end ready for people to get onboard listing.”
In related news, the WFF recently launched a new silica dust awareness campaign, intended to deliver “bite-size” safety training to stone workers via their mobile phones.
