Developing a Strategic Approach to Construction Waste

Restricted – CommercialAEA/ ED02414/Issue 11a a. How do these affectyour company i.e. haveyou had to employ anenvironmentalmanager; does itrequire more man days;paperwork; increasecosts; landfill gatecharges?Developing A Strategic Approach to Construction WasteIncrease in paperwork, increase in training,ongoing training, just spent last 3 monthsretraining middle managers on these issues -huge costsWe employ 6 Environmental Managersfull time, plus two part time. All projectsare affected by Landfill Taxes andincreased costs from contractors. Allprojects pay £18 per year via theEnvironment Agency Website toregister as a Hazardous WasteProducer.2 Please indicate whatsources of informationyou use to find outabout new wastelegislations/ charges tocurrent wastelegislations?2a - Is this info lacking inany way?- Is there any other infoyou need/would like tosee more available?- Are you aware of anylegislations coming intoforce over the next 5-10years?Construction Forums 1/4ly meeting whereEA are invited .e-mails and constructionjournalsThey want more consistency betweenDefra, WRAP and EA info. They feel the EAwant to promote recycling but seem tomake it as hard as possible to achieve.They also want consistency within the EAinterpretations i.e. some areas of thecountry are allowed to use their old topsoilon site whilst others have to treat it as awaste and have it removed, simply due todiffering parts of the country.Always looking at EA website, Croner,subscribe to Fedbreak, EU site, part of aresource efficiency group (envirowise ran) thisgives good info, East midlands business forenvironment (EMBEC), good talks etc throughthis, evening presentations, clients - a lot ofthem have environment forums, good way toexchange info, they use contacts in yorkshirewater etc also to get up to date.Future legislations - are looking at SWMP,writing this and thinking about what systemsthey need to have in place, also extraction ofwater legislations - they need to keep up todate with this, temporary extraction legislation,this might lead to an enforced water legislationCroner Environmental Management,ENDS, Thompson Gee EnvironmentalCompliance Manual, ConstructionConfederation, NetRegs, EnvironmentInformation BulletinNo3 Do any wastelegislations have anadvantage for therunning of yourcompany?Duty of care is easy to implement andensures waste goes where it shouldNeed legislation in place for the benefit of theenvironment. Bit uncertain about WEEE - butthe general concept is right. Can encouragereusing supplies, and they are trying tosegregate more and looking at %wastecontent, so they can save money this way.No – landfill tax exemptions/creditspossibly, but not easy/impossible toobtain10 AEA Energy & Environment