Waste

The construction industry, historically, produces high levels of waste during the construction process. On their completion, buildings continue to produce waste through the people who live, work and use these buildings and through the process of what they have been built for. Traditionally, construction waste, household waste and non-specific waste from buildings has been disposed of by transfer to landfill sites for burial.

The Policy objective of the North West Regional Development Agency is to reduce the amount of such waste that is sent to landfill. This can be done by either using materials in the construction of developments that have been made from other peoples recycled waste or by reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill by:

·         minimising the use of materials

·         the reuse, on-site or off site, of materials

·         recycling waste, or

·         using waste for energy recovery.

Thus leaving disposal as the last option.

For further details of this policy objective please visit the NWDA website where designated pages will provide you with links to the NWDA Sustainable Buildings Policy, supporting Guidance Note and Checklist http://www.nwda.co.uk/sustainablebuildings.

Factsheet

In addition to the above key documents and tools please note a specific factsheet on Waste will be available from the 30th March 2009.

Case Studies

If you have a development that you would like to be considered as a NWDA Sustainable Buildings case study in terms of ‘Waste’, please contact Emma Kyng emma.kyng@ccinw.com 0161 295 5076.

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