Outstanding Collaboration
2022 AWARD FINALIST
Sponsored by the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Road cones are a ubiquitous part of modern life, which until now have had no end of life solution.
Fulton Hogan has long sought alternative uses for used cones, but without engineering ‘circularity’ in the process, the cones eventually find their way to landfill. Rather than seeing growing stockpiles as an insoluble problem, Fulton Hogan and Matta Products have collaborated to create a circular solution.
Fulton Hogan sends old road cones to Matta Products, which turns them into safety matting for playgrounds. This turns one safety product into another and gives it multiple decades of additional life. What started as a collaboration between a user and a recycler, is set to become industry-wide, as demand grows for sustainably sourced safety matting.
Collaboration between Fulton Hogan and Matta has defined the initiative, from the idea's inception to its feasibility assessment, product development, market development and recycled product sales. Fulton Hogan uses Matta ergonomic matting on its work sites, and is a client of councils which use the safety matting in playgrounds.