6 August 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Is It All Rubbish?
Tradeleftovers.com – an alternative destination for building surplus.
SUMMARY
Walk around any city, town or village this summer and you are bound to see several skips, full of the debris from home improvement projects. But is it all really rubbish? Is it absolutely necessary for a perfectly re-useable kitchen sink, for instance, to be thrown away, adding to the UK’s waste mountain? Is there another way? Tradeleftovers.com is the answer.
PRESS RELEASE
Walk around any city, town or village this summer and you are bound to see several skips, full of the debris from home improvement projects. But is it all really rubbish? Is it absolutely necessary for a perfectly re-useable kitchen sink, for instance, to be thrown away adding to the UK’s waste mountain? Is there another way? Tradeleftovers.com is the answer.
According to DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) the construction industry accounts for 32% of all the waste produced in the UK. As a result the government has set the industry a target of halving the waste it sends to landfill by 2012. This hard-pressed sector of the economy is working hard towards that goal, however many of the solutions are a drain on already limited budgets which have little or no room for manoeuvre in today’s financial climate. Whilst much can be done to limit surplus, it can never be entirely eradicated and that is where tradeleftovers.com comes in. Tradeleftovers.com brings those with surplus building supplies together with those who require or can make use of them.
Items recently listed include a timber staircase, plumbing supplies, site clay, concrete slabs and steel girders. Many have been listed as “under offer” and a few are even offered “free”. Tradeleftovers.com do not charge commission or registration fees to either sellers or buyers, the site is entirely free. Site founder Kevin Byrne said “My sole desire in creating the site is to provide a way to dispose of unwanted building supplies without adding to the UK’s landfill mountain. Listing surplus on tradeleftovers.com will not only help reduce waste but will also benefit trades and consumers UK-wide.”
What happens if the type of item a person requires is not listed on tradeleftovers.com on the day that they search for it? Tradeleftovers.com gives users the option of registering an interest in a particular type of product even if it is not listed at that point. Tradeleftovers.com will then email interested parties if that item is subsequently advertised on the site. Users can search by item, location and can even “save” searches for later.
If consumers and businesses all use Tradeleftovers.com not only are we helping each other, we are also helping achieve waste reduction.
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NOTES TO EDITORS
Checkatrade helps combat the UK's rogue trader problem by continuously vetting and monitoring local traders such as builders, plumbers and electricians. The idea was born in 1998 after a tornado hit the small West Sussex town of Selsey. Traders poured in from as far away as Liverpool and Manchester. Unfortunately, some ripped off the inhabitants of the town. Local businessman, Kevin Byrne, realised there was nowhere to check out the traders’ credentials and the company that became Checkatrade was formed.
Since then, Checkatrade has grown to include over 6,300 genuine trade members, growing by an average 120 new members every month, and, via the Royal Mail, distributes 5.9 million directories a year into communities throughout Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Dorset and Berkshire, while the website includes traders from across the UK.
CONTACT INFORMATION
PR / Marketing, Checkatrade
5 - 6 Sherrington Mews, Ellis Square, Selsey, West Sussex, PO20 0FJ
Tel: 01243 601234
Fax: 01243 601246
info@checkatrade.com
