Environment

Environmental commitment with concrete

Commitment to the environment is one of the fundamental pillars of the company. Leftover and surplus concrete is reused in new products or washed into new raw material that goes back into the production.

This way we avoid both landfills and unnecessary emissions into the environment.

Ølen Betong in Murmansk has its own environmental facility that recycles concrete, mud and water.

In cooperation with major customers and research institutions, we research possibilities of using new raw materials recovered from waste.

Сoncrete is a material of opportunities that provides environmental strength and safety in long lasting constructions.

Waste management

Ølen Betong emphasizes environmental thinking when it comes to waste. Our goal is to reduce the amount of waste produced, and treating it in a proper and environmentally sound manner:

• Purchase products that minimize waste
• Agreements with suppliers to return products we're done with
• Agreements with suppliers to return pallets and other packaging
• Recycling of varius materials: wood, paper, plastic, metals, concrete and more
• Shipping combustible waste to approved facilities for energy recycling
• Shipping hazardous materials to approved handling facilities: Oil, tires, batteries, fluorescen lamps, electrical waste and more.

All waste should, as far as practically possible, be sorted and go to recycling through delivery in separate factions. The remainder will go as residual waste to approved sorting facilities. In Ølen Betong Murmansk the various factions are collected separately at the dedicated places and containers. Containers labeled and colored according to common standards are used for recycling.

A world for new generations

Naturally, it is important to follow up on all regulations and requirements from the authorities and customers. Nevertheless, Ølen Betong's main reason for investing in the environment is to build and create for the future. Our children will take over a society where nature flourishes and it is safe to live.

Thats why it is our primary goal that the company should not have any emissions that harm the environment. Waste is sorted, reused or delivered to those who can take care of it in a proper way - preferably in the form of recycling.

Thats why Ølen Betong in Murmansk is working in accordance with requirements of NS-EN ISO 14001.