Developing a Strategic Approach to Construction Waste

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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
Developing A Strategic Approach to Construction WasteRestricted – CommercialAEA/ED02414/Issue 1Good way of demonstrating CSR and good forPR - they write environmental reports everyyear3a -Have any legislationsmade working easier?The legislations mean they have a lot morework to do and costs of recycling frequentlymean that it is cheaper to send waste tolandfill than it is to recycle e.g. in ruralareas. This is due to the costs associatedwith transporting the waste to the recyclingpoint. With transport making up 70% ofwaste disposal costs, recycling depots needto be made as accessible as landfill access.4 Do you think the More than sufficient. The legislations needcurrent waste simplification and need to stop changinglegislation is sufficient? e.g. Waste Exemptions legislation 2005 hasbeen changed so now requires anapplication 35 days in advance of beinggranted "exemption". Some legislationseven require consultants to report on siteswaste disposal which is not practical or costefficient.4 Do you think thea current wastelegislation is efficientlyenforced? If not, whatmore could be done?The company feel it is only enforced if youtry adhering to legislations correctly whilstSMEs not adhering to the legislations arethought not to be regulated at all.5 Do you have any other There are some Waste Protocols in place,comments regarding but more best practice/waste protocolswaste legislations i.e. need to be developed i.e. EA and WRAPsdo current legislations Composting needs to be developedencourage you to buy quicker. Protocols are needed for PFA andsupplies any differently tyre bundling, which is used by the EA inor encourage/force your some of their development, but rejected insuppliers to sell other company applications."sustainable"/recyclablIt just needs streamlining and simplifying -sometimes it detracts from purposeNo.Yes – but danger with more legislationit will increase attractiveness of illegalpractices/flytipping.No, much more on the groundenforcement needed – have only seenone Environment Agency Officer onour sites in the last 7 years!! Couldutilise rfid tags to track waste materialsInconsistent application/enforcement indifferent EA regions makeinterpretation difficult. EA officers notalways helpful in their attitude towardsour industry. Duty of Care paperworkshould be produced in a standardformat, and if we are made to registerfor hazardous waste anyway, why notuse the site code for all waste. MakeAEA Energy & Environment 11
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