Westminster TranServ, working with specialists Day Aggregates, has recycled more than a million green glass bottles in 2007 by crushing them into sand, and using them in the reconstruction of 1 ½ km of footpath.

The bottles, taken from glass collections from pubs and clubs across Westminster, and crushed, washed and ground to produce sand which is safe to handle, and then used to lay concrete paving slabs and block paving bricks.

Contact Manager Katrina Hazell said: “We have now reached the 500 tonne mark in the use of green glass sand. That means we have recycled 2,500,000 bottles if the average empty beer bottle weighs 200g. And all this after just one year!

“We really are pleased with this tally, which helps us meet our environmental targets and to make us a genuinely sustainable business.”