Waste reduction final report -4 - Test Input

- www.bauteilnetz.ch, which is run by the “Swiss network of building elements”. The
offered materials can be picked up in several cities.
- www.abfallboerse-schweiz.ch intends to establish a neutral and professional
management in the recycling and disposal market. It aims at bringing the residues in a
most profitable manner to new recycling or disposal processes. Please note that this
company is not only oriented towards construction waste.
It is important to bring current knowledge on environmental protection and standards to the
people on the construction site. www.baupunktumwelt.ch is a training program for (young)
people which does not only focus on construction waste handling, but also on other
environmental issues of construction.
Canton of Zurich
Today already, 90% of all mineral construction waste is recycled in the canton of Zurich.
The canton of Zurich can be introduced as a positive example of efforts in construction waste
mitigation. A strong focus is put on seeing waste materials as resources and the aim is to
close the cycle of mineral construction material: waste economy should change into a
resource economy. The project “Gravel for generations” has been initiated by the cantonal
department for waste, water, energy and air. In 2007, the building management published a
waste and resources management plan for the period 2007 to 2010 [AWEL 2007] 33 . In the
construction sector, future measures should aim at activating and involving the construction
industry as far as possible.
Canton of Basel-Land
The department for energy and environmental protection of the canton of Basel-Land has
initiated several projects for waste prevention in general between 1994 and 2000. One of it
dealt with waste emerging from new construction activities. Goals of the project were on the
one hand to check different possibilities of waste prevention and sustainable handling of
resources on the basis of a tangible construction project. On the other hand, the results should
enable the cantonal authorities to factor in sustainable aspects in their future projects.
Economic, ecologic and social points were considered and evaluated and they have shown
that despite the quite narrow constraints, many enhancements can be considered.
Furthermore, it could be shown which planning phases and questions were most important in
order to mitigate resource need of the construction and emerging of waste in phases later on
in its life cycle [BL 2009].
Ecomat-GE, Canton of Geneva
The canton of Geneva has launched the project “Ecomat-GE” in 2006 uniting people from the
industry with the aim of testing and documenting usability of secondary construction
materials. As result, two brochures show in a practical manner which secondary materials can
be used the best way in construction project [GE 2009]. Knowledge and experience should be
transferred this way.
Swissbau 2010: Sustainability and energy efficiency
From the 12th to the 16th of January 2010, the biggest construction exhibition of Switzerland
will take place. The goal is to take into account the whole value-added process of an
immovable so that structures, processes and companies of construction and immovable
33 Such a report has already been written for the period 2002 to 2006.
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