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Local Authority Implementation of Site Waste Management Plan Regulations 2008

This report presents the results of a study carried out by the Construction, Resources and Waste Platform to review how well Site Waste Management Plan regulations 2008 have been implemented by local authorities. The report includes information from 36 planning authorities across England and has been broken down into six areas of enquiry. The report includes recommendations based on the findings of the study to address issues raised by local authorities.

 

 

 Overview of Demolition Waste in the UK 

This Overview of Demolition Waste in the UK provides an appraisal of current regulatory drivers and requirements on the demolition industry. The quantity and type of materials processed and managed by the industry has also been established, which includes modern methods of construction and site audits with case studies showing a site waste management plan table and pre-demolition site audit information.

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Refurbishment Waste Benchmarking Report

 

This report aims to address the shortage of data on waste from refurbishment project and to produce refurbishment waste benchmarks as guidance information for both Government and refurbishment project managers.  The refurbishment benchmarks have been generated using BRE's SMARTWaste tool.

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Management of Non-Aggregate Waste

This work on the management of non-aggregate waste has been funded by the Construction Resources and Waste Platform (CRWP) which is funded by Defra and managed by AEA and BRE. This piece of work looks at the current drivers for non-aggregate waste arising from the construction sector and how it is currently managed, predominately through Waste Tranfser Stations (WTS).  This provides Government with evidence for sound policy making in this area.

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Construction Resources and Waste Roadmap 2008

The Construction Resources and Waste Roadmap was launched in London on the 17th of July, 2008. The Roadmap launches a 10 point action plan and headline targets for waste. Key actions include understanding "where now?" with a key requirement for better waste data, a requirement for consistency in waste measurement, measuring carbon, a focus on reduction and reuse, and developing better costing techniques for waste. The Roadmap has been developed with extensive consultation from industry and a number of project partners.

 

 

Wastage Rate Report

BRE has been sponsored by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to evaluate actual wastage rates for a number of key building products widely used by the construction industry. A detailed study was undertaken to collect waste data relating to construction products selected from the “Design for Manufacture Measurement Programme”, otherwise known as the SmartLIFE project, managed by BRE.

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True Cost of Waste in Whole Life Costing

This report examines whole life costing (WLC) practice with the intention of identifying practices and conventions which can lead to the underestimation of the cost of waste in construction. A number of amendments to the WLC method have been proposed for areas where such practices have been identified.

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Resource Planning Tool

Benchmarks have been developed by BRE as part of a Defra funded project, ‘Understanding and predicting construction waste’. These benchmarks have been used to develop a resource planning tool which can be used at a national, regional, county and local level to assist with predicting waste arisings from construction activity.  The report accompanies the resource planning tool and shows a number of estimates that have been carried out.

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BigREc Survey

The BigREc survey, which was carried out in 2007, shows the state of the reclamation industry in the UK compared to the previous survey of 1998. The survey looked at reclaimed building materials from the very old antique and expensive, to the broad range of stock found in a typical UK salvage yard, through to the more modern and practically free salvage. The findings indicate that there has been downward trend in reclamation for most of the key material groups, with the exception of ceramics (mainly bricks).

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Assessing Construction Waste - 
Evidence-Gaps for Construction Products, Materials & Waste Data

 

 

 

 

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