Higgins releases EPD on asphalt products
Higgins has just released an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for Higgins’ asphalt products – a first in the New Zealand roading industry. An EPD tells the environmental story of a product over its life cycle, is science-based and independently verified. The EPD covers 99.5% of Higgins asphalt products produced at their permanent plants in New Zealand, covering the life cycle stages of sourcing and transporting raw materials, product manufacture, and end-of-life options.
To get the EPD, Higgins had to provide energy, waste, water and material data covering production for one year.
Sustainability and Environmental Manager Orla Gallagher says the information is increasingly being requested by customers, who need to work out how using the products affects their own impact on the environment. “EPDs are an internationally-recognised format that customers know they can trust. It’s also a useful tool for us, as it gives us a baseline to work from as we improve our own environmental performance.”
Sitting alongside the EPD, Higgins has a carbon calculator tool to provide customers with a total embodied carbon amount for asphalt mixes covered in the EPD.
Click here to view the EPD.
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