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The NCDWC had a high level of support from all organisations and professional
bodies involved in the construction industry and all took a proactive role in
contributing to the consultative process which led to these C&D Waste Management
Plan guidelines. The Guidelines were formally endorsed by the Council as a key driver
in improving the way in which the C&D waste stream is managed at a time of high
activity in the construction sector. The NCDWC called upon all involved in the
construction industry to support and implement the guidelines on their own projects.
42.10 Effects on Technical Change / Innovation
The C&D Waste Management Plan is prepared by the team delivering the project, and
the plan is prepared specific to each project. Therefore any technological changes or
new innovations, available at project design stage, are introduced and the benefits
offered are exploited to achieve the objectives of the waste management plan, thus
contributing to the prevention, minimisation and recycling of C&D waste.
The C&D Waste Management Plan Guidelines focus on the cornerstones of
prevention, minimisation, reuse and recycling and are not specific to any construction
related technologies, thus allowing the guidelines to remain in vogue with the
introduction of new technological innovations in the industry.
42.11 Social and Distributional Consequences
A planning authority may impose planning conditions on a developer. Certain
conditions may relate to C&D waste management during the construction stage. The
extent of the planning conditions imposed may depend on the scale and/or sensitivity
of the development. In this regard, the C&D Waste Management Plan to be prepared
for various developments may have different levels of restriction imposed whereby
developers are affected differently.
In summary, a large development (above a certain threshold as described in an
earlier section) is likely to be conditioned by a Planner to require the preparation and
implementation of a C&D Waste Management Plan, however a small scale
development such as the construction of a domestic house is likely to evade this
requirement.
42.12 Complementary Policies
Both the establishment of the National Construction and Demolition Waste Council
(NCDWC), the Waste Facility Permit Regulations and the Landfill Levy are related to
this policy (C&D Waste Management Plan Guidelines). As previously mentioned, the
NCDWC were involved in the delivery of the guidelines by way of consultation with the
construction industry. The preparation and implementation of C&D Waste
Management Plans encompasses the establishment of the need to acquire a Waste
Facility Permit for the activities envisaged and highlighted by the plan. The ultimate
objective of the plan will be to eliminate/minimise the quantities of C&D waste
destined for conventional disposal (not recovery) in landfill, thus avoiding the Landfill
Levy.
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