Olympics Is Beating Its Sustainability Targets

The Olympic Delivery Authority(ODA) published its Sustainable Development Strategy a year ago it now claims it is already beating some of its sustainability targets in terms of how it is cleaning and clearing the Olympic Park.

In a statement on its website it says that it has now:

• Beaten the target to reclaim 90 per cent of demolition material for recycling or reuse
• Is reclaiming materials to re-use in designs of venues and park lands
• Is recycling complete buildings to be re-assembled off site
• And is trans locating wildlife and creating new habitats including a wildlife corridor to the north of the Park.

To date, the following have been reclaimed:

• 80 lamposts
• 160 manhole covers and 187 gulleys
• 18 square metres of clay and slate roof tiles
• 2 tonnes of red bricks; 117 tonnes of yorkstone
• 100 tonnes of cobble/granite
• 41 tonnes of paving bricks and 35 tonnes of paving slabs
• 1200m of granite kerbs and 4200m of concrete kerbs.

ODA head of sustainable development and regeneration Dan Epstein said: "The commitment to reclaiming as much demolition material as possible is key to our strategy and so far, we are exceeding our 90 per cent target. This is unprecedented for a project of this size and scale…Much of these materials will then be integrated into the designs of the new venues and parklands, ensuring there is continuity between the history of the site and its future as the largest new urban Park in Europe."

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