construction and demolition News

OSHA issues final rule to protect workers using cranes and derricks in demolition and underground construction

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a final rule that applies the requirements of the August 2010 cranes and derricks in construction standard to demolition work and underground construction. Application of this rule will protect workers from hazards associated with hoisting equipment used during construction activities. "It is important that construction workers in ...

Apr. 23, 2013

By U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Introducing world’s largest crusher bucket for large scale projects

Nicknamed the records bucket, the BF 150.10 is the largest crusher bucket in the world. With a load capacity of 3.2 cubic yards, this crusher has a bucket opening of 57 x 28 inches and is capable of a production around 160 cubic yards per hour, making it an ideal addition to any team working in a pit, quarry, or any large scale construction project (demolition, excavation and recycling). It is ...

Jun. 5, 2015

By MB Crusher

MB-S14 Screening Bucket Gets an Update

MB Crusher has launched the fourth edition of its MB-S14 screening bucket, which it says has been redesigned and reinforced to extend its operating life. The company points out that being able to sort inert material that gathers on site quickly and efficiently is a big part of being competitive for today’s construction and demolition contractors. Recycling material for use in another ...

May 31, 2017

By MB Crusher

One-day blitz on the illegal waste industry

Earlier this week, the Environment Agency, the police, the Road Haulage Association, the Association of British Insurers, the Vehicle & Operator Service Agency and Crime stoppers joined forces to crack down on waste crime. The main aim of the meeting was to disrupt the supply of waste to illegal waste sites, gather intelligence and encourage people to report waste crime. Environment Agency ...

Jun. 21, 2013

By GPT Waste Management Ltd

Bunting Secures Major Export Recycling Equipment Order

A large UK recycling plant constructor has ordered one (1) Eddy Current Separator and three (3) ElectroMax Overband Magnets for installation in a major overseas construction and demolition waste management ...

Jan. 5, 2021

By Bunting - Redditch

Good potential for the sustainable re-use of demolition waste

Europe produces around 450 million tonnes of construction and demolition waste every year, representing a quarter of all waste materials. A recent study of construction and demolition waste suggests that, with the right policies in place, there are good opportunities to ensure sustainable practices through re-use and recycling. One challenge associated with sustainable brownfield redevelopment ...

May 14, 2013

By European Commission, Environment DG

It’s time to tackle construction and demolition waste

A little known fact of Canadian achievements is that on a per capita basis we generate more wastes than any other country in the world. Construction and demolition waste forms a large part of this dubious distinction. In 2009 the Canadian Council for the Ministers of the Environment (CCME) developed a waste action plan to tackle this problem. In the first phase of the plan, specific materials ...

Jan. 6, 2015

By GLOBE SERIES

Environmental performance of construction and demolition waste management

The EU Waste Framework Directive1 aims to recycle or recover materially 70% of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste by 2020. This study evaluated the performance of the Finnish waste management system against this target. The results showed that the system generates environmental benefits and is profitable, but has not reached the 70% target. The researchers suggest ways the tar ...

Jan. 7, 2016

By European Commission

Looking for Construction Waste Management Solutions? Use our free waste review service

Responsible for generating 120 million tonnes of waste annually, the construction and demolition contributes to around one third of all waste produced within the UK. In 2010 government statistics suggested that the construction industry was responsible for producing more than 47 million tonnes of waste due to construction and demolition processes. Being a key resource generator, consumer and ...

Oct. 23, 2014

By GPT Waste Management Ltd

Association statement on the professional disposal of construction and demolition waste containing asbestos

Asbestos is a pollutant that was widely used in buildings in the past and is therefore still frequently found in today’s building stock. However, even minor asbestos contents in building products prevent their recycling or other utilization according to the current legal situation. A “0-fibre approach” is currently being pursued within the LAGA M23. The specification states that ...

Apr. 17, 2019

By German Demolition Association (DA)

APEJ Helms Recycled Construction Aggregates Market with Robust Government Programs for Demolition Waste Management, finds Fact.MR

The recycled construction aggregates market continues to remain influenced by a plethora of factors, ranging from resurgent construction activities to infrastructure development efforts of governments worldwide, particularly in developing economies. The Fact.MR study tracks the recycled construction aggregates market for the forecast period 2019-2027. The recycled construction aggregates market ...

Jan. 29, 2019

By Fact.MR

Spectacular growth forecast for C&D recycling

Europe: In Europe, the construction and demolition (C&D) waste recycling market is likely to hit Euro 17 billion (US$ 24 billion) by 2020. That would represent a Euro 3 billion increase compared to 2013 revenues, notes a study by Frost & Sullivan. Last year, the C&D market was worth US$ 18.75 billion. An estimated 25.9% rise in the volume of waste till 2020 is ‘intensifying the ...

May 5, 2014

By Recycling International part of Eisma Industriemedia BV

Exposucata 2016

13-15 September 2016, Sao Paolo, Brazil 11th International Fair and Congress of Business Recycling Industry Exposucata is the largest and most important event for those active in the recycling market in Latin America. With simultaneous events focusing on: paper recycling plastics recycling recycling of construction and demolition waste public sanitation, municipal and industrial ...

Sep. 13, 2016

By Separate Waste Systems

BHS Acquires Nihot Recycling Technology BV

Eugene, Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has acquired Nihot Recycling Technology BV (Nihot), an Amsterdam- based company that designs and manufactures air sorting and separation equipment for the solid waste and recycling industries, among others. “We are very excited to welcome Nihot to the BHS family of companies,” remarked BHS CEO Steve Miller. “Having partnered with ...

Jan. 28, 2013

By Bulk Handling Systems (BHS)

Waltham, Mass. Builders Recognized by EPA for Contributions to Green Building Design

(Boston, Mass. – Sept. 21, 2007) – Four structural engineers from a Waltham, Mass. firm were recognized as part of a national EPA effort to develop cutting-edge green building ideas to reduce environmental and energy impacts from buildings. The awardees, Mark Webster, Dirk Kestner, James Parker and Matthew Johnson, are engineers at the Waltham-based firm, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc. ...

Sep. 21, 2007

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Increased recycling of gypsum wallboard waste promoted in the Northeast (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

With assistance from an EPA grant, the Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association (NEWMOA) published a “white paper” to increase the amount of gypsum wallboard waste that is recycled in the Northeast. The recently published “Policy Options White Paper Promoting Greater Recycling of Gypsum Wallboard from Construction and Demolition (C&D) Projects in the ...

Oct. 8, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Cirrus Research is now a UVDB Registered Supplier - The Utilities Vendor Database

Cirrus Research is now a registered supplier under the Utilities Vendor Database or UVDB. As a long-term supplier to the UK utilities industry, as well as to major infrastructure and engineering contractors, Cirrus provides a wide range of noise and vibration measurement instruments and systems that help our customers meet the demands of environmental and occupational noise regulations. For ...

Jan. 26, 2017

By Cirrus Research plc

Mb to Show Special Line of Products Dedicated to Recycling at Ecomondo Trade Fair

''The management of the waste generated by construction and demolition has become an important issue - a subject of debate and often, of dispute. In reality, inert waste is not a problem for worksites. It is and must become a resource. Construction debris, for example, can be processed by MB Crusher machinery and transformed into material ready for re-use on the site itself, or sold for other ...

Oct. 13, 2017

By MB Crusher

Magnets for waste processing, construction and demolition sorting lines

Goudsmit Magnetics recently constructed a new electromagnetic overbelt magnet for Langezaal BV of Haaksbergen. This is intended for optimization of the ferrous metal separation on an existing rubble crusher. Overbelt magnets of this type find their use in applications such as waste processing, construction and demolition sorting lines and separation of undesired ferrous particles from the ...

Aug. 25, 2015

By Goudsmit Magnetics Group

£500,000 LWaRB funding for construction waste reuse centre

The London Waste and Recycling Board (LWaRB) has announced that it will award £500,000 of funding over three years to help set-up the first centre in the UK to sell reused building material. The centre, branded as ReIY (Reuse it yourself), will be run by charity BioRegional and will be based in Croydon, south London. ReIY is expected to lead to the creation of four new jobs, a training ...

May 21, 2010

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

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