The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is on track to meet their sustainability targets for the London 2012 construction project.

The targets cover a variety of areas including using low-carbon materials, recycling construction waste, incorporating rain-water harvesting and installing bird and bat boxes into the design and build of venues.

Among other achievements, the ODA has reported it is currently beating the target to deliver 50% of materials, by weight, to the Olympic Park by rail or water transport – the ODA is currently achieving more than 60%. This is helping to reduce vehicle movements and the resulting carbon emissions.

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The ODA has also reported that 90% of construction waste is being diverted from landfill and is being reused or recycled instead. The first of 4,000 trees have also been planted on site.

ODA Chairman John Armitt said: "Sustainability is at the heart of our project and what we tasked our contractors is unprecedented for a project of this size and scale.

"Our targets include reusing and recycling 90% of waste, delivering over half the materials needed by sustainable transport methods, using natural remediation methods to clean soil, barges to take away segregated waste through newly-dredged waterways and only legal and sustainable timber sourced through a supplier panel."

(CD/GK)