Building healthy and sustainable environments

John McPeake, Technical Sales Manager at Wavin Ireland discusses the benefits of improving water quality using Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) and the barriers which need to be overcome to increase their usage.

Search any plumbing related forum and you’re sure to find heated debate on plastic vs copper plumbing systems. It’s a subject that every installer has an opinion on (and is keen to share!), usually preferring to use one material over the other, but not always considering that the two can be used together.

Introducing more plant life and trees in urban areas is a great way to help address these problems, whilst also effectively contributing to the health and wellbeing of the local population. Not only do trees absorb CO2, they also take in a range of other pollutants and toxins which are emitted by urban activities.