New in store
A dual fuel fleet for B&Q
Waste recycling at Brico Dépôt
'Les Troc'Heures' community skills sharing website, Castorama France. June 2012
Clean spirit, B&Q UK & Ireland. February 2012
Investment in UK Youth at Screwfix. May 2012
Low carbon store, Quimper, Castorama France. April 2011
Energy-saving centres, B&Q UK. March 2011
Responsibly sourced timber, B&Q UK. February 2011
Home Eco paint, B&Q UK. January 2011
B&Q UK’s new Home Eco paint is made from paint collected from local authority recycling points and was launched into larger stores in autumn 2010. As Matt Sexton, B&Q UK’s Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, says: “The average UK household has 17 cans of partially used paint sitting in sheds and around 25% of paint ends up in landfill. But if you take it to a recycling centre it can be given a new lease of life. Every can of Home Eco paint sold will prevent three cans going to landfill”.
At its two eco shops at New Malden and Sutton, B&Q has also introduced a powder-based paint which consumers mix with water at home.
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