Waste reduction final report -4 - Test Input

Residential refurbishment waste
A survey on residential refurbishment waste carried out by the Jerusalem Eco-Housing Pilot
Project (Eco-Challenges) has found that: (11)
• Every complete refurbishment of apartments of 50 m 2 has generated waste totalling an
average of 12 m 3 (about 2 skips).
• Most waste consists of tiles, gravel and concrete bricks, followed by fittings, wooden /
aluminium openings, glass, PVC shutters & pipes, wiring, iron & steel.
• On-site reuse of construction waste possible for paths out of crushed bricks. Other reused
waste includes wooden pallets and tyres and gravel for roof insulation.
Demolition waste reused for roof insulation
Photos: Gil Peled
Skip of refurbishment waste at pilot project
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(11) Survey at the Jerusalem Eco-Housing Pilot Project, Eco-Challenges, 2010
Case studies
The Jerusalem Waste Treatment Master Plan (12)
The plan deals with the treatment of construction, demolition and excavation waste which is
discarded illegally throughout the city, in open spaces, along the municipal seam line and the
Old City Basin, taking into account their historic, religious and touristic values. Budget and
implementation is distributed between the Ministry of Environmental Protection, The Israel
Lands Administration, The Nature and Parks Authority and the Jerusalem Municipality. The
Master Plan aims to develop a system for the management and treatment of waste, from
‘cradle to grave’.
The Plan estimates the annual waste production in the Jerusalem region as:
• Up to 198,000 tons of construction and demolition waste.
• Up to 2 million tons of excavation material.
• Less than 10% of construction & demolition waste reaches approved sites.
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