No, we don’t mean the colour, its actually 100% recyclable.
And with an extremely low carbon footprint (compared with other hard metals), it makes lead a very environmentally friendly material!
In an ever-worrying global crisis, many of us are thinking more carefully about the products we use. This should not stop with home improvements.
Lead has been used as a roofing material for hundreds of years, usually having a lifespan of over 60 years, proving that it is extremely reliable.
There are many non-lead roofing alternatives which are cheaper than using lead, however many of these alternatives cannot be recycled and end up in landfill. The cheaper alternatives don’t last as long as lead, as lead can last almost 3 times longer, therefore becoming very cost effective. Over a 40-year period, lead can be up to 50% cheaper than manmade flashing products, and over 65 years its almost 75-80% cheaper.
