Plastic Surgeon is a company that makes cosmetic repairs to surfaces including worktops, baths, shower trays, doors and window frames. It aids sustainability by repairing damaged items for some of the biggest names in UK construction and house building, as well as thousands of householders a year.
The construction industry is responsible for 120m tonnes of waste every year – around a third of all UK waste. Plastic Surgeon helps redress this by using innovative products and techniques that repair damaged surfaces in situ, rather than ripping them out and replacing them.
High quality repair makes sense from a sustainability viewpoint. For refurbishment or new build, repairing is far more environmentally friendly and costs less. Repairing saves waste from going to landfill. Replacement items have to be made, using energy as well as scarce resources and increasing carbon emissions during manufacture and transportation.
Plastic Surgeon's products and techniques are the result of extensive research and development. The company's highly skilled technicians, called finishers, use a vast array of proprietary fillers, hardeners, polishes and colours to mend surfaces that have suffered damage including scratches, dents, chips, burns or staining.
They can repair almost any surface in the built environment from plastic, glass wood and laminate to ceramic, metal, brick and marble. Beyond repairing damaged surfaces, the finishers are trained to match colours and recreate intricate surface patterns such as marble, wood-grain and granite by hand.
The company has contracts to provide repairs to companies including Aviva, Argos, Homebase, Hilton, Ramada and major cruise lines. Lorna Thorpe is part of the wordworks network
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