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Evaluation of Opportunities for Converting Indigenous UK Wastes <strong>to</strong> Wastes and Energy<br />
AEA/ED45551/Issue 1<br />
• Demolition<br />
o Used structural timber, floorboards, joists, doors and frames etc.<br />
Wood is likely <strong>to</strong> be treated, painted, coated or varnished, all are ‘contaminated’.<br />
• Refurbishment - this would be a combination of <strong>the</strong> above<br />
• Destruction<br />
• Scaffolding<br />
Remade Scotland indicates that <strong>the</strong> specific types of waste wood from construction and demolition waste<br />
include:<br />
• cable drums<br />
• coated material<br />
• cladding<br />
• dimension timber<br />
• doors and door<br />
frames<br />
• fences<br />
• flooring<br />
• framing timbers<br />
• pallets and fencing<br />
• panels and engineered<br />
wood composites using<br />
adhesives<br />
• piles<br />
• poles<br />
• solid wood<br />
• stakes<br />
• window frames<br />
Traditionally much of this waste was disposed of in skips on site and was poorly segregated. However,<br />
<strong>the</strong>re have been advances in segregation and recycling of construction and demolition waste through <strong>the</strong><br />
introduction of <strong>the</strong> Site Waste Management Plans (SWMP) in April 2008 for sites greater than<br />
£300,000. 118 Small sites (under £300,000) still continue <strong>to</strong> skip <strong>the</strong> majority of <strong>the</strong>ir waste, most of which<br />
goes <strong>to</strong> landfill. Segregation is often more difficult on such sites due <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> lack of time and resource <strong>to</strong><br />
undertake this activity.<br />
Current Arisings<br />
There are only a few data sets available for arisings of waste wood from C&D, and <strong>the</strong>se have been<br />
evaluated <strong>by</strong> Nikitas et al (2005). (See Appendix 1 for an evaluation of <strong>the</strong>se sources.)<br />
Taking 1.5% as <strong>the</strong> minimum value of C&D waste arisings that are waste wood, and assuming a<br />
maximum value of 12.44% as <strong>the</strong> upper limit (although this includes excavation waste, hence <strong>the</strong><br />
reduction <strong>to</strong> 7.22% as 42% of <strong>the</strong> C&D waste was established as excavation waste) produces <strong>the</strong> figures<br />
detailed in Table 37.<br />
Table 37 Estimated waste wood arisings (excluding reclaimed wood) from <strong>the</strong> C&D waste stream.<br />
UK Arisings of waste wood<br />
(‘000 <strong>to</strong>nnes)<br />
England Wales Scotland Nor<strong>the</strong>rn<br />
Ireland<br />
Total C&D waste arisings 88,900 5,000 6,300 900 101,100<br />
Minimum Estimate (1.5%) 1,330 80 90 140 1,640<br />
Maximum Estimate (7.22%) 6,410 360 450 70 7,290<br />
Average 3,870 220 270 40 4,400<br />
The above figures take no account of reclaimed wood, which is a fur<strong>the</strong>r 634,000 <strong>to</strong>nnes for <strong>the</strong> UK,<br />
yielding a <strong>to</strong>tal of 5,034,000 <strong>to</strong>nnes. However it is unlikely that reclaimed wood would be available for<br />
energy generation. There is a very significant difference between <strong>the</strong> minimum and maximum estimates,<br />
demonstrating <strong>the</strong> degree of uncertainty in <strong>the</strong> data, and <strong>the</strong> need for more detailed arisings figures <strong>to</strong> be<br />
generated.<br />
118 Defra 2008. Non-statu<strong>to</strong>ry guidance for site waste management plans.<br />
UK<br />
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