Bricks on manufacturing production line

Circular Initiatives

Going beyond recycling to create products, services and business operations that neither deplete the planet’s resources nor create waste.

Why is this important?

Designing products and services with a whole lifecycle approach, facilitating building deconstruction and material reuse, will reduce our impact on the environment.

Our ambitions for 2030

We will have integrated circular economy principles into our business model by designing out waste across the whole product lifecycle.

Making this happen

  • We will seek partnerships with organisations who challenge the status quo of a linear economy. 
  • To support the development of a circular economy for our current product range, we will publish customer deconstruction and reuse guidance for each product category. 
  • We are reintroducing secondary raw materials from internal and external sources into the production processes after thorough quality checks.
  • We are reducing our consumption of virgin raw materials through our business operations. 
  • We will design new products to be reusable or recyclable at the end of their service life.

Case Studies

See examples of how we're improving the reusability and recyclability of our solutions

Closing the loop on IBCs

In 2021 wienerberger Sandtoft and Goxhill returned over 800 intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) to the Schütz Ticket Service, helping conserve natural resources through reconditioning and material recycling.

Reducing plastic packaging

Wienerberger Limited aims to use 30% less plastic packaging by 2023, compared to 2019 levels. Read how we're reviewing packaging configurations as part of our ongoing sustainability strategy.

Resource conservation at Mouselow Quarry

Shale from Mouselow Quarry is used for brickmaking at our Denton factory. wienerberger has partnered with Booth Ventures to quarry and process the sandstone found between shale layers to ensure that no useable material from the quarry is wasted.

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