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A38 Construction Waste Management Checklist

A38 Construction Waste Management Checklist
About:

Problems:

Misunderstandings:

Solutions:

A38 Waste Management Specification

BRE guidance and ASWS/NGS specification clauses have achieved 50% reduction in significant projects
Clauses address:
Assign responsibility and make waste an issue for contractor’s meetings
Identify any defective materials and set aside for disposal, destruction, burning on or off site
Determine Employer’s and any legal requirements about burning on site?
Provide separate skips for all materials
Segregate all materials
Remove foreign objects from salvaged materials
Segregate waste at municipal/commercial tips
Lists Reference Documents
Client and Project waste reduction initiative, making somebody responsible, setting targets, reporting to meetings
Local Authority waste segregation strategy
Pre and post Tendering requirements
Skips and Bin numbers and distribution
Labels, colour coding and signs
Waste avoidance, damage prevention and minimisation
Waste Recovery and segregation
Reuse and Recycling of materials on and off site
Removal of surplus
Waste management and minimisation method statement
Waste monitoring and feedback
Offsite disposal and recycling
Use or return, Return materials to source and Take back schemes
Waste bins made of recyclate
Supply chain management:
European Waste Catalogue Waste Identification Codes

Value Engineering: (stuff into projects not out of them)

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Consider:

Pallets:

Consider the design and size of pallets and objects packaging and packing on pallets
Only use multi-journey pallets
Do not permit the use of single journey pallets (liable to fail on that journey leading to damage of the materials.
Consider the use of recycled plastic pallets

Kitchen:

Waste segregation at the kitchen sink
Minimum 3 bins: under kitchen sink and outside

Compostable:

Uncooked fruit and vegetables, eggshell, nut husk
Not plate scrapings
No animal produce

Recyclable:

Paper
Cardboard
Polyethylene
Plastic bottles
Tin cans: aluminium and steel separately
Plastic vending cups

Waste:

Plate scrapings
Animal produce

Canteen:

Paper
Cardboard
Polyethylene
Plastic bottles
Tin cans: aluminium and steel separately
Plastic vending cup

Washrooms:

Paper hand towel
Cardboard

Site offices:

Paper, superseded drawings
Polyethylene
Plastic bottles
Tin cans: aluminium and steel separately
Plastic vending cup

Onsite compaction and storage of recyclable materials: especially packaging and protection

Many bins, colour coded lid and body combinations, segregation for reuse and recycling

Lids:

lockable type to be selected, for lids with apertures
Coloured to match base
Aperture: to suit contents

Segregation information:

Labels indicating contents:
Bin Store Signs for guidance and educational opportunity

Material:

100% recycled HDPE High Density Polyethylene, UV stabilised, Recyclable

Avoid:

Minimise:

Substitute:

Resource Efficiency:

Reduce:

Reclaim:

Reuse:

Store materials to prevent deterioration
Permit the use of opened and resealed and unopened tins of paint from the contract to be stored on site for use in snagging
Permit the use of unopened tins from the contract to be stored on site for use in 6 month defect repairs
Permit the use of unopened tins from the contract to be stored on site for use by the FM in maintenance of the building in use

Recycling:

Collect, segregate, reuse or recycle all redundant material.

Recover:

Waste Issues:

Waste Category:

Hazardous waste:

Waste statistics:

30 m tonnes (33% of 90 m. tonnes/year) of waste is offcuts
23.7 m tonnes (33% of 90 m. tonnes/year) of waste is soil including stones and rock and classed as ‘inert’
15 m tonnes (21% of 90 m. tonnes/year) mixed C, D & E waste and soil likely to include non-inert waste
9.4 m tonnes (10.2% of 90 m. tonnes/year) of waste is Temporary works, Site hoardings and Formwork
3.7 m tonnes (4.1% of 90 m tonnes/year) of waste comes from Site Office and Canteen
2.9 m tonnes (3.2% of 90 m. tonnes/year) of waste is through damage due to methods of work
0.9 m tonnes (1% of 90 m. tonnes/year) of waste is generated by poor storage
36% of materials delivered to building sites leave in mixed skips
2002 CIRIA / Viridis survey shows 90m tonnes per annum

End of life options:

Health and Safety Issues:

Wellbeing:

Maintenance issue:

Precautionary principle:

Biodiversity:

Information sources:

A38 Construction Waste Management Checklist
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See Also:

GBE CPD

GBE JARGON BUSTER

Themes

Waste

Initials, Abbreviations, Acronyms

BREW
EWC
SWMP
WRAP

Names and phrases

European Waste Catalogue (EWC)
Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP)
(WRAP)

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GBE PRODUCTS

Recycled:

Temporary floor protection:

Secondary cellulose fibre, recyclable or compostable after use
Manufacturer: Florprotec Ltd
Product Reference: Floortech

Temporary weatherproof sheeting:

90% recycled LDPE (post consumer (water drainage pipes, milk bottles, drums, fertilisers bags)
Manufacturer: Extrusion and Moulding Compounds
Product name: Temporary sheeting

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