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February 17th 2011
Tiger Enterprises want your surplus and reusable construction materials for new TV venture!
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February 17th 2011
PTZW announces FREE events for local authorities on reducing construction waste to landfill.
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February 9th 2011
PTZW workshop explores options for increasing reuse and recycling of contaminated wood waste.
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January 11th 2011
Sustainable refurbishment ‘the most significant future challenge’ for the South East.
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December 2nd 2010
PTZW’s Martin Brocklehurst to present paper at international sustainable construction event.
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October 1st 2009
Discovery Channel Debut for Brighton's Green Tiger
When celebrity builder Tommy Walsh and his sidekick Liam Collins went hunting reclaimed building materials across the South East of England for a new Discovery Real Time channel programme Fix Your House For Free, they had help from Brighton's own Green Tiger, Dan Hill.
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September 11th 2009
Environment Agency’s e-business reporting streamlines waste reglation.
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August 29th 2009
Supplies of waste wood in the UK may be in decline according to new WRAP research
A new WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) study of the wood waste market in the UK reports lower arisings than previous studies, and suggests that demand for waste wood may outstrip supply in the coming years.
Click here for more information via WRAP's website.

June 10th & 11th 2009
PTZW’s director to speak at letsrecycle.com’s Recycling & Waste Forum.
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June 4th 2009
The Environment Agency has begun a pilot project that allows business and industry to electronically track the collection, transfer and final destination of their waste – to help clamp down on fly-tipping.
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May 11th 2009
WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) and Royal Institute of British Architects Competitions Office announce new international open ideas competition to identify ways that construction waste can be reduced through design.
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March 31st 2009
Following on from its highly successful launch event in March 2009, PTZW is holding a construction and demolition waste workshop and networking lunch in Reading on Wednesday, April 22.
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March 23rd 2009
SECBE rolls out free site waste management plan training for South East’s local authorities.
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March 18th 2009
WRAP strengthens regional support to small-medium recycling businesses.
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March 5th 2009
NISP workshop finds over 500 new construction sector business opportunities.
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March 4th 2009
Pathway To Zero Waste open for business!
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March 3rd 2009
Pathway To Zero Waste formally launched by Rt Hon Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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March 1st 2009
Pathway To Zero Waste's Director, Dr Chindarat Taylor, appears in the March edition of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management Journal.

Over three pages, Chindarat explains PTZW's catalytic route to change, and the opportunities it presents organisations in both the private and public sectors.
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