Tube Lines awarded for going green

Tube Lines scoops award for its success in recycling and sustainable waste management

Tube Lines was last week (16 October 2008) presented with the Waste Management Initiative in the Commercial and Public Sector award by Daisy McAndrew, economics editor for ITV News.  It is a welcome recognition for the company’s commitment to reduce material consumption and disposal of wastes to landfill.  This award comes in the same year that a Tube Lines employee, Charlotte Simmonds, was named Environment Manager of the Year.

Tube Lines has made a commitment to reduce its carbon footprint by 5,000 tonnes of CO2 by the end of 2008 and has implemented various recycling initiatives to help hit that target.  It is these initiatives – general paper recycling, construction waste recycling and office recycling – that have been recognised by the Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management Awards.

The company has invested in a paper recycling vehicle to collect paper waste from its 255 trains, 100 stations, six depots and three offices for recycling. Last year a total of 1,714 tonnes of paper was recycled and the money saved from landfill costs was ploughed into the company’s Community Support Fund which supplemented employee charity donations to the tune of £22,700.

Another initiative to be recognised was its improved office recycling facilities.  In May 2008, Tube Lines removed all personal desk bins and replaced them with centrally located bins for wet, dry and paper waste.  In doing so, the company increased its office recycling rate by 73%.

Philip Constable, Head of Distribution Services at Tube Lines said:

“Good environmental practice makes good business sense and I am really pleased that Tube Lines’ efforts to drive through sustainable waste management initiatives have been recognised in this way.”

ENDS

For further information, please contact:
Press office, Tube Lines: 020 7088 4848 / 07764 429 015

Notes to Editors

1. Distribution Services – a division of Tube Lines - provides a wide range of transport services to the Tube’s infrastructure operators and suppliers, including road haulage, waste and scrap management, fleet operations, special vehicle conversions and plant services.
2. Tube Lines is responsible for the maintenance and upgrade of the infrastructure on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines.  London Underground is responsible for operating the Underground, for employing drivers and station staff, for ticketing and fares, and for the Tube’s safety regime.
3. The Tube Lines consortium consists of two shareholders – Amey and Bechtel. They bring together some of the most experienced providers of business services with specialist skills in the rail industry, including track and signal renewals, plus project and operational management.  They are providing some of the best project and operational managers from around the world to work on the modernisation of the Tube system. Amey owns two-thirds of Tube Lines’ business and Bechtel one third.

 

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