Site Waste Management Plan News
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Site Waste Management Plan regulations no longer an obligation
Site Waste Management Plans (SWMPs) for building projects are no longer a legal obligation for construction businesses in England. With government trusting the de-regulation will save money for the businesses obligated by the law, the Site Waste Management Plans Regulations 2008 were abolished and came into effect from the 1st of December this year. All Construction projects in England that ...
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Consultation Defra’s Waste Management Plan & Site Waste Management Plans
A consultation is underway on an updates Waste Management Plan for England, however, Defra’s documents contain no new policies on waste management. The waste management plan will complement the waste planning policy, PPS10; this policy outlines what planning authorities should take into account when considering proposals for new waste infrastructure. The Department for Communities and ...
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Waste law is launched by Environment Minister Jane Davidson
Environment Minister Jane Davidson has proposed a measure that will enable materials such as food, wood, glass and plastic to be restricted or banned from landfill in Wales. The measure has been presented before the Welsh Assembly (February 22). It would also give ministers the power to introduce a mandatory charge for plastic carrier bags and give ministers the power to set councils ...
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Construction industry calls Welsh waste bill “disastrous” for trade
The proposed adoption of Site Waste Management Plans (SWMP) and landfill bans in Wales would be “disastrous” for the construction trade, the Welsh Assembly has heard. Giving evidence at a committee session for the “Proposed Waste (Wales) measure” bill, Federation of Master Builders director Richard Jenkins described the SWMP plans as “a little bit of a sledgehammer to crack a nut.” The Site ...
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Brighton and Hove to clamp down on SWMP from June
Brighton & Hove City Council will begin tighter regulation of construction sites to ensure that site waste management plans (SWMPs) are being followed. The plans, which come into force on 22 June, will include visits from the council in conjunction with the South East Centre for the Built Environment (SECBE) to local development sites to ensure that they are complying with the SWMP. The visits ...
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UK construction industry to get US-style reuse centres
American-style construction material reuse centres will be launched in the UK with the opening of ReIY Centres in spring 2009. The first pilot centres, which will be in Wirral, Waltham Forest and Tees Valley, have been set up to save builders and the public money by reducing construction waste. They will act as a hub for collecting unwanted building materials, which can then be sold onto the ...
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WRAP launches guide and tool for designing out waste
A design guide and online tool aimed at helping civil engineers to ‘design out’ waste from construction projects has been launched by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). The Designing out Waste: a design team guide for civil engineering guide provides civil engineers with detailed solutions to minimising waste at the design stage and improving resource efficiency. The ...
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Waste Management Solutions for construction sites nationwide
We are an independent provider of waste management solutions across the UK, providing sustainable waste services for all our clients. Our services work in leisure and retail premises, commercial building construction, roads and a variety of other construction projects in the public sector. Because of increasing costs and tougher legislation waste handling is creating a burden for businesses of ...
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Aim to reach waste neutrality in construction
A tool measuring performance towards 'waste neutrality' in construction has been launched by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme). The guide is aimed at helping professions working in construction to achieve 'waste neutrality' by considering factors such as where the value of construction materials wasted is equal to the value of additional reused and recycled content used on a ...
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Working with waste contractors
In October, we visited a materials recovery facility to fi nd out more about how our construction waste is diverted from landfill. MSK Waste Management and Recycling has provided waste management services on a number of our projects, including the fi tout of 201 Bishopsgate and The Broadgate Tower. MSK segregates, re-uses and recycles a wide range of waste streams at its £10 million facility in ...
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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 ...
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Waste management guidelines for UK construction firms working near watercourses
Construction and maintenance companies who work in or near watercourses have been reminded that pollution incidents are avoidable by careful planning. The call comes as new pollution prevention guidelines are published by the Environment Agency. Steve Wenham, Technical Advisor at the Environment Agency, said: “In 2006 the construction and demolition industry was responsible for 271 pollution ...
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Recofloor, UK's vinyl flooring recycling scheme marks first anniversary
September 2010 marks the first anniversary of the nationwide launch of Recofloor - the UK’s first vinyl flooring recycling scheme. It was founded by leading flooring manufacturers Altro and Polyflor to tackle growing volumes of waste sent to landfill. Recofloor is a unique example of two major competitors working collaboratively to promote the sustainability of their product - a major ...
By Axion Group
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New Recofloor distributors add strategic drop-off sites to national network
Nine new Recofloor distributors joining the UK’s vinyl flooring take-back scheme have added extra strategically-located drop-off sites to the national network, making a total of 74 drop-off sites across the country. The newest recruits, all part of the Mercado Headlam Group, are Richards, Bristol; Richards, Southampton; Anderson Grant, Chelmsford; Alvin Morris, Liverpool; Mercado, ...
By Axion Group
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WRAP’s ‘Rules Of Thumb’ guide to UK building products
From this month, manufacturers of building products will be able to make credible declarations of the recycled content of individual brands using a guide introduced by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme). The Rules of Thumb Guide to Recycled Content in Construction Products, available online via WRAP’s tools and publications page, provides direction to assist producers state the ...
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Build a leaner and greener resource management policy at RWM
Miller Homes, Wates and the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) will reveal how you can cut waste management costs and improve efficiency on the building site at the Recycling & Waste Management Exhibition (RWM), taking place at the Birmingham NEC from 15 to 17 September 2009. According to the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the construction sector ...
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Build a leaner and greener resource management policy at RWM
Miller Homes, Wates and the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) will reveal how you can cut waste management costs and improve efficiency on the building site at the Recycling & Waste Management Exhibition (RWM), taking place at the Birmingham NEC from 15 to 17 September 2009. Register now at www.rwmexhibition.com/epress2 for free fast-track entry and seminar updates.According to ...
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Three companies fined for illegal waste activities
Three companies have pleaded guilty to charges relating to the illegal depositing of construction and demolition waste, for the purpose of building a haul road at Hurst Plantation near Doncaster. At Doncaster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday the 7th of May, Wykeham Estates (Northern Ltd) were fined £3,000.00 and ordered to pay costs of £5,500.00; additionally the Judge gave them an order under ...
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Coast guard and EPA send directive to BP on oil spill waste management plan (HQ, AL, FL, LA, MS)
Today, the U.S. Coast Guard, with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreement, issued a directive to BP on how the company should manage recovered oil, contaminated materials and liquid and solid wastes recovered in cleanup operations from the BP oil spill. The U.S. Coast Guard, along with EPA, and in consultation with the states, will hold BP accountable for the implementation of the approved ...
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Construction firms boost Recofloor vinyl flooring collections
Collections of waste vinyl flooring from construction projects through the Recofloor take back scheme are rising as more firms recognise the economic and environmental benefits of recycling. Founded by manufacturers Altro and Polyflor to divert uplifted material and installation offcuts from landfill for use in new products, the scheme is having a significant impact on sustainability ...
By Axion Group
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