Railtrack first in industry to order ‘green’ sleepers_2
17 August 2012
Britain is set to become the first country in the world to procure environmentally friendly wooden sleepers on its railways.
All 90,000 wooden sleepers used by Railtrack for renewal works around the country will be acquired through organisations certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), a non-profit organisation working to protect the world’s forests via timber tracking and sustainable growth programmes.
“Railtrack is the only rail firm in the world to pioneer environmental...