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Rainwater harvesting saves money and water. Leafield can now advise from experience as their own Rainwater harvesting scheme is fully functional and saving 3 tonnes of water a day.
During the accreditation process for BSI ISO 14001:2004, the decision was made to install a rainwater harvesting system for toilet flushing and machine cooling in their manufacturing plant. The roof area of the Leafield premises and expected annual rainfall for the South West made the Rainwater Harvesting project a feasible scheme.
The system comprises 3 x 10,000 litre CT2200 JA water tanks, a large filter to remove the debris and a pressure sensitive pump that starts as soon as a demand is felt.
Jon Finch, Engineering Manager at Leafield who is managing the scheme said “the collected rainwater supplies all the toilets within the building and also the machine cooling systems. Using harvested water for machine cooling has an added benefit to us in Corsham as it will reduce the amount of limescale build-up. Each working day we expect to save up to 3 cubic metres of mains water – equivalent to a mass of 3 tonnes”.
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The Riding for Disabled Association (RDA) are set to receive £30,000 from the rural retailer Countrywide with the support of Paxton. The charity provides therapy and enjoyment to 28,000 people with disabilities in UK through horse riding and carriage driving.
Paxton Agricultural have made a worthy contribution by donating ten, WT120, Water Troughs which will be added to the ‘Farm Sale’ and auctioned off next month.
A Collection of Events this summer will all help to assist in raising the final amount for a well deserved cause.
Click here (www.countrywidefarmers.co.uk.) For more details of the Countrywide fundraising events.
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It’s that time of year again when Britain’s most supported agricultural events open their gates to the public after months of preparation.
Come and see the extensive range of Paxton Products (Troughs, Feeder and Footbaths) at the Great Yorkshire Show (12-14th July) or next week at the Royal Welsh Show (18-21 July) to put our products and our salesman to the test.
Whether you want to find out more about the wide variety of Agricultural Products or have a look at our Rain Water Harvesting demonstration then our experienced and friendly sales team will be happy to help.
For more details about the show please visit our website http://www.paxtonagri.com/Events.aspx
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Waterwise estimate that up to 85,000 litres of water can fall on a domestic house roof each year. Investing in a Water Butt or tank to collect this free resource is not only a means of reducing the use and cost of mains water for garden and car washing use, it is also valuable insurance against the very real prospect of Hose Pipe bans in certain parts of the country, later this year.
The recent prolonged period of dry weather has got consumers, farmers and industry concerned as we move into summer. However these shortages may no longer be an occasional occurrence with experts pointing towards a growing trend.
Indeed Environment Minister, Lord Henley has warned that this Spring’s intense dry spell is a sign of things to come. It follows a drought summit called by Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman on Monday with water companies, farming groups and environmental organisations to make sure the country is prepared for the possibility of drought conditions following the long dry spell.
The recent dry spell which saw just 24 per cent of the average rainfall for April is likely to become a more frequent occurrence in the future due to the impacts of climate change. The East of England is the driest region of the UK, which last month saw just 5mm of rainfall – 11 per cent of the monthly average. The South East has also been badly effected and the Horticultural Trades Association has asked that alternatives be found to ‘Hose Pipe’ bans which have a disproportionate effect on the sector.
Paxton manufacture a range of quality Water Tanks and butts from 240 litre to 10000 litre capacities suitable for the domestic, agricultural, horticultural and industrial markets. For further details visit Paxtontanks.com or call 01225 816500.
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Paxton are exhibiting at the LAMMA this week.
If you are going, dont forget to visit the Paxton stand for the special show offers on water storage tanks, drinking troughs, feed troughs and other agricultural products.
For the duration of the show (19 and 20 January) you can make the most of the show offers by quoting LAM2011 when you phone customer services on 01225 816500.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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LINPAC Environmental Limited will be known as Leafield Environmental Limited due to a change in the ownership of the business at the end of 2010.
Leafield Environmental Ltd is a now an independent business backed by funds managed by investment group Chamonix Private Equity but will continue to be run by the existing management team.
Commenting on the development, General Manager, Paul Black said ‘This is a successful and growing manufacturing business built on producing award winning, quality products for an extensive customer base across a number of diverse industry sectors including Recycling, Highways, Agriculture and Materials Handling. Under the new arrangement the management of Leafield Environmental Ltd will be better placed to continue to develop the business whilst maintaining a high level of customer service and ensuring that there is no disruption to the working relationship’.
The company plan to unveil its new logo and branded support material later this month. For further information please contact our customer sevices at Leafield Environmental on 01225 816500.
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Leafield Environmental
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Telephone: 01225 816500 Fax: 01225 816501 Email: envinfo@leafield-environmental.com
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