WRAP Template for Site Waste Management Plans

Birmingham 1 April 2008

Estelle Herszenhorn

Construction Project Manager – Waste Management

Welcome

Housekeeping Arrangements and agenda

Fire safety

Bathrooms

Mobile phones

Agenda Welcome and Introduction The WRAP Template: Benefits The WRAP Template: Operation Industry perspective on SWMPs Implementation of SWMPs Discussion Summary and Close

WRAP works in partnership to:

Encourage and enable businesses and consumers to be more efficient in their use of materials and recycle things more often. This helps to minimise landfill, reduce carbon emissions and improve our environment

Why construction?

Overall material consumption by construction industry (>400 Mt per year)

M t

on

nes Quantity of construction

and demolition waste generated (~120 Mt per year UK)

Waste construction materials that are recycled / reused (~60 Mt per year)

WRAP in Construction

• Waste minimisation and management

• Materials recycling

• Procurement

The road to zero – Government targets for construction waste2008

20Mt materials aswaste to landfill

2012½ waste to landfill

2020Zero waste to landfill

• Landfill Tax

• SWMP regulation

• Procurement/funding requirements

• Voluntary commitment

Waste-neutral

construction?

Support available

www.wrap.org.uk/construction

WRAP is tasked by Government to:- help organisations mandate improvement through procurement requirements;- help in implementing waste reduction and management strategies; and - help in monitoring and measuring performance.

Our support includes:- tools, practical advice and training for major clients, developers and contractors;- working with exemplars to demonstrate “what good looks like” – in areas such as design, logistics, off-site manufacture, packaging and purchasing; and

- working with Envirowise.

Site Waste Management Plans DTI Code of Practice

2004

Site Waste Management Plans DTI Code of Practice

2004 Consultation on SWMP

Regulations 2007

Site Waste Management Plans DTI Code of Practice

2004 Consultation on SWMP

Regulations 2007 Non-statutory

guidance issued by defra February 2008

Site Waste Management Plans DTI Code of Practice

2004 Consultation on SWMP

Regulations 2007 Non-statutory

guidance issued by defra February 2008

SWMP Regulations apply from 6 April 2008

Site Waste Management Plan Regulations Aims

– Improving materials resource efficiency– Reducing fly-tipping

Compulsory for projects over £300,000– Basic SWMP for projects up to £500,000– Detailed SWMP for projects over

£500,000 Transitional period to 1 July 2008

Regulations and non-statutory guidance available at www.defra.gov.uk/constructionwaste

SWMPs and Material Resource Efficiency Enable users to consider waste

minimisation and management and record decisions

Encourage adoption of Good and Best practice

Recording data will lead to improvements

Demonstrating cost savings will drive process

The WRAP Template for SWMPs Tool to enable construction projects to

reduce waste and increase recycling

For use on a wide a range of construction sectors and project sizes

Go beyond compliance: encourage progress to Good and Best practice

Guidance Document, Examples and Toolbox Talks

Potential reporting scheme

Post-construction

Data

Data

Contractor works with supply chain to implement actions to reduce W2L

Requirements for data reporting

Client and team Contractor and team

Subcontractors and waste management contractors

Pre-design

Design

Construction

Project requirements for

W2L

Net Waste Tool – forecasts waste and identifies

priority materials to focus actions to reduce W2L

SWMP – records waste forecasts, improvement actions

and actual waste data for project

Waste data capture system – records actuals

Net Waste Tool – uploads actuals and evaluates performance

Corporate and sector reporting

Key aims for this morning Understand the benefits and

functionality of the Template Appreciation of how the Template an be

used on your projects Where to get the Template and

Guidance Receive a copy of the Template and

Guidance

The delivery team today – C4S, Costain, Halcrow, industry speaker and WRAP

Other Tools Description of tools for SWMPs and map

available on defra web site at www.defra.gov.uk/constructionwaste

Envirowise SWMP Tool and other support