Squash your waste with ecoSEAL

Thursday, 25 March 2010

In straightened economic times, contractors might be forgiven for thinking that they can’t afford to be green. But the new ecoSEAL system from Geocel not only helps reduce the strain of waste on the environment, it also makes excellent economic sense for contractors. With three of Geocel’s best-selling products now available in eco-friendly sausage packs, the ecoSEAL system allows contractors to significantly reduce wastage, reducing costs on waste disposal and landfill charges.

Geocel’s ecoSEAL sealants are packed in laminated foil 'sausage' packs instead of bulky plastic cartridges. An empty ecoSEAL sausage is more than eight times less volume than a spent cartridge and up to 60% lighter. This offers obvious benefits to the contractor who can save on skip hire charges, landfill charges, and disposal costs. The environmental advantages of the ecoSEAL system also offer contractors a competitive advantage, demonstrating a commitment to meeting or exceeding environmental legislation.

With a landfill shortage looming within the next ten years, government and European legislation will continue to place increasing pressure on the construction industry to reduce waste and landfill tax will rise to £50 per tonne by next year (2010). The Government is aiming for a 50% reduction in construction waste by 2012, and with 100 million sealant and adhesive cartridges ending up in landfill every year the Geocel ecoSEAL system could make a significant contribution to meeting that target.

The ecoSEAL system comprises sausage packs in some of Geocel's most popular sealants – the best-selling flexible acrylic filler Painters Mate in white, a high performance sanitary silicone sealant in white and clear called Bath & Kitchen, and Window Glass & Frame, a high performance silicone glazing sealant in white, clear and brown.

The sausages are easy to use. They are simply slipped into a special ecoSEAL sleeve and used in a standard applicator gun. For best results, Geocel recommends the Cox Powerflow heavy duty skeleton gun. The sleeve can be used up to 75 times on average and lids and nozzles can also be reused.