Halving Waste to Landfill Richard Buckingham Head of Construction & Refurbishment WRAP

Commitment made by industry Data on performance was

unreliable Better levels of data were required Landfill levels could likely be

reduced Landfill levels should be reduced

Why Halving Waste to Landfill ?

A Voluntary Agreement

WRAP set up a Voluntary Agreement to deliver the HWTL commitment

Supported by the Strategic Forum for Construction and Government

Steering group of WRAP, Government Agencies and Industry

Open to all actors in the construction supply chain

Branding, marketing and support

Why Signatories Participated

Costs Achieve real cost

reductions

Legislation Achieve legal compliance

Environment Enable clear environmental

benefits

Reputation Achieve clear market

recognition

What is the total cost of waste?

Raw material wastage

Waste collection and transport

Quality losses e.g. rejects

Energy, water and other material losses

Handling and storing waste

Discharge effluent or air emissions

Cost of protective equipment

Workplace monitoring

Spillages, leaks and contamination

Insurance

The original purchase price

and transportation costs of the materials

+

The cost of their handling,

storage, transport and

disposal

+ The loss of

income from not salvaging the materials

Waste disposal costs are only the tip of the iceberg……

e.g. For 8 cu yd skip:

Skip hire £85

Labour to fill skip £163

Cost of materials put in skip £1095

TOTAL TRUE COST £1343

(Source: AMEC)

Opportunities to reduce costs

Cash savings

Waste disposal costs

Materials purchase costs

Avoided purchase

Lower wastage

allowances

Less waste in total

Lower skip rates for

higher value materials

System costs

Lower life-cycle

costs

e.g. D&E reuse,

in-situ

stabilisation

e.g. design,

ordering,

logistics

e.g. OSC,

design for

refurbishment

e.g. on-site

segregation,

efficient MRF

“We commit to play our part in halving the amount of construction,

demolition and excavation waste going to landfill by 2012. We will

work to adopt and implement standards for good practice in reducing

waste, recycling more, and increasing the use of recycled and

recovered materials.

We will:

pursue a reduction in waste to landfill;

embed a specific target within our corporate policy and processes;

set corresponding requirements in procurement;

measure performance relative to a baseline; and

report annually on performance.”

Signatory Commitments

Supply chain actions needed

clients

designers

clients

contractors

manufacturers

waste management

contractors

manufacturers

contractors

designers

Set procurement requirements for good practice and measurement

Identify opportunities to reduce waste and use more recovered materials

Implement good practice

and measure performance

Offer low waste,

recyclable, and higher recycled content options

Collect and recover

more waste to higher quality; provide robust data

Client & Contractor Signatory Requirements

“We will:

set a target

embed the target within corporate policy and

processes

set requirements in project procurement

measure performance relative to a corporate

baseline

report annually on overall corporate performance.”

Designer & Consultant Signatory Requirements

“We will:

create design solutions that minimise waste and use resources efficiently;

identify for clients and contractors the best opportunities to reduce waste and use more recovered material;

measure the potential improvement at project level;

support our teams in broadening their knowledge of resource efficient design; and

report annually on overall corporate performance.”

With respect to the project objective to reduce waste and use materials efficiently, and specifically to support XXXXXXX Group plc corporate objective to reduce waste to landfill by 70% by 2012 from a 2008 baseline, the Contractor shall be required to:

• implement Site Waste Management Plans throughout the contract period that comply with regulatory requirements (where applicable) and include in such Plans project-specific targets for waste recovery and reused and recycled content (below) and for waste reduction;

• measure and report progress against the corporate KPIs for the quantity of waste produced and the quantity of waste sent to landfill (measured in tonnes per £100k construction value) using the WRAP Waste to Landfill Reporting Portal and guidance;

• aim to generate less construction waste than 7 tonnes per £100k construction value;

• recover at least 70% of construction materials waste, and aim to exceed 85%

Main Construction Contract (general conditions) The Contractor and his supply chain shall carry out and complete the works in compliance with the Employer’s objectives for reducing, reusing and recovering waste materials. Preliminaries These clauses set out the contractor’s responsibilities for achieving and reporting waste outcomes.

Securing corporate commitment and

sign-up

Overview of the process

Corporate-level implementation

Project-level implementation

Assemble a business case

Secure buy-in

Set out your delivery plan

Set a target and measure baseline

Embed target within corporate policy and processes

Report annually on corporate performance

Set requirements in project procurement

Engage supply chain

Measure performance at project level

WRAP Support

Industry

Engagement

Strategic

Commitment

Tender &

contract

requirements

on projects

Set targets;

embed in policy;

set procurement

requirements

Measurement &

reporting: t, C, £

impacts

Implementation

WRAP Tools and resources

STAGE 1 commitment

STAGE 2 embed

STAGE 3 implement

STAGE 4 measure & report

Support Tools and Resources

Outline design Focus • Waste prevention • Reusing materials

Detailed design Focus • Reduce wastage • Increase recycled

content

Construction Focus • Achieve target

wastage • Waste recovery • Measure performance

Construction Focus • Waste recovery • Robust waste data

Designing out

Waste Tools

and Guides

Net Waste

Tool

Site Waste

Management

Plan Template

Site Specific

Waste Analysis

Tool

Trade specific guidance

Site Operative

Training

www.wrap.org.uk/construction

Reporting data

BRE SMARTWaste

SWMP Tracker

Direct entry

Making the commitment…

808 signatories - full supply chain:

Clients 17%

Contractors 33%

Designers 12%

Suppliers 9%

WMCs 16%

Sector

bodies

4%

Government 2%

SME

Contractor

7%

Contractors

Designers & consultants, manufacturers & suppliers, WMC

Driving change through procurement

Model wording for each project stage

Client and Contractor actions

Corporate policies and project documents

Clear and simple message with an iconic target

Aligned with industry needs (focus on cost savings)

Addressing whole supply chain

Suite of guidance and tools available

Strong communications support

Key Success Factors

Large number of signatories = reporting challenge

Effective in reducing waste to landfill, less effective in reducing waste produced

Actions less robust down the supply chain

Did not readily accommodate SMEs

Accountability challenges

Difficult to engage designers

Learning Points

Construction & Refurbishment 2011-15

To reduce the carbon impact of materials and water use in the built environment by mainstreaming resource efficiency in the design and construction of new buildings, infrastructure, and refurbishment projects.

reduction in materials use

waste prevention

durability/reuse/recyclability in refurbishment

lower embodied carbon materials and design

improved water efficiency

Construction Resource Efficiency

Energy

(In use & construction)

Water (In use & construction)

Operational Impacts

Life-span (Durability)

Recycled Content (Reuse)

End of Life (Recyclability)

Material Quantity

Scarcity Wastage

Embodied Impacts

Sources of further information - Construction

www.wrap.org.uk/swmp www.wrap.org.uk/procurement www.wrap.org.uk/designingoutwastaste www.aggregain.org.uk www.wrap.org.uk/content/construction-consolidation-centres www.wrap.org.uk/content/site-practice-course www.wrap.org.uk/content/site-waste-management-plans-1 (SSWAT Tool) www.wrap.org.uk/content/good-practice-construction-and-demolition-materials-recovery-facilities-0 (Options for collecting and transporting CD&E waste) www.wrap.org.uk/content/wmcs-benefits-halving-waste-landfill (benefits for WMCs)