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Sustainable delivery of construction projects
Published in Peter Fewings, Christian Henjewele, Construction Project Management, 2019
Peter Fewings, Christian Henjewele
Site waste management plans (SWMPs) are specific plans that are made for reducing, recycling and managing waste onsite. They are a sensible planning procedure that gains BREEAM points. They should be agreed with the client and a specific site manager needs to be responsible for the plan. On restricted sites it is difficult to accommodate recycling of all types of waste. The aim is to help reduce construction waste to zero. Site waste can be determined according to three broad categories: Inert waste means waste that does not break down and is cheaper to send to landfill sites because it does not produce side products like methane. Landfill tax applies at the lowest rate.Active waste is waste that does break down and is subject to an escalating tax rate that makes dumping progressively expensive.Special waste is classed ‘hazardous’ and as such must go for further diagnosis and special dumping and carrying procedures dependent on the nature of the hazard, e.g. asbestos or contaminated soil.
Area sources
Published in Abhishek Tiwary, Ian Williams, Air Pollution, 2018
A standard procedure for the acceptance of waste in a landfill is laid down, so as to avoid any risks, including: Waste must be treated before being landfilled.Hazardous waste within the meaning of the Directive must be assigned to a hazardous waste landfill.Landfills for non-hazardous waste must be used for municipal waste and for other non-hazardous waste.Landfill sites for inert waste must be used only for inert waste.Criteria for the acceptance of waste at each landfill class must be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the general principles of Annex II.
The Landfill Tax
Published in DAVIS LANGDON, Spon's Architects' and Builders' Price Book 2008, 2007
Effect on Prices - cont'd Active waste skip Exemptions The following disposals are exempt from Landfill Tax: dredgings which arise from the maintenance of inland waterways and harbours. naturally occurring materials arising from mining or quarrying operations. waste resulting from the cleaning up of historically contaminated land, although to obtain an exemption it is necessary to first obtain a contaminated land certificate from HM Revenue and Customs. waste removed from one site to be used on another or to be recycled or incinerated. inert waste used to restore landfill sites and to fill working and old quarries where a planning condition or obligation is in existence. Government is currently reviewing the exemption for waste from contaminated land. A decision will be made by the end of 2007 and any change will take effect in 2008. For further information contact the National Advisory Service, Telephone: 0845010 9000. Active waste will normally be disposed of by skip and will probably be mixed with inactive waste. The tax levied will depend on the weight of materials in the which can vary significantly.
Design for construction waste minimization: guidelines and practice
Published in Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 2020
Vikrom Laovisutthichai, Weisheng Lu, Zhikang Bao
Construction waste is the surplus or abandoned materials arising from construction, renovation and demolition activities (Kofoworola & Gheewala, 2009; Lu, Chi, Bao, & Zetkulic, 2019). Its composition can be understood according to the taxonomy applied in different territorial contexts. For example, the UK, Australia and Hong Kong categorize construction waste as either inert or non-inert, depending on its chemical properties. Inert materials include soil, earth, slurry, rocks and broken concrete; while non-inert waste contains organic materials such as timber, bamboo, vegetation and packaging debris (HKEPD, 2015; Wu, Yu, & Poon, 2019). Construction waste accounts for about a quarter of the solid waste that is landfilled in major economies (Bao & Lu, 2020; Lu, Webster, Peng, Chen, & Zhang, 2017b). On a global scale, an estimated 10 billion tons of construction waste is generated annually (Wang, Wu, Tam, & Zuo, 2019). How to deal with it is a problem that has long plagued policymakers, practitioners, and environmentalists.
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on landfilling and recycling in the city of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Published in Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 2023
Biraj Saha, Md Tanbir Khan, Malachi Graupman, Hafiz Muhammad Umer Aslam, Anand K. Gupta, Grant Helmin, Mitchell Larson, Kylie Chard, Bailey Hayes, Rachel Anderson, Stephanie C. Bolyard, Kelly A. Rusch, Achintya N. Bezbaruah, Syeed Md Iskander
Residential collection of waste. Residential collection of waste is a service that consists of the collection of solid waste generated from single-family residences in Fargo. In Fargo, a single family can choose a small (48-gallon), medium (64-gallon), or large (96-gallon) garbage cart that is provided by the city. Commercial collection of waste. Commercial collection of refuse is a service of collecting waste from multi-family units, small to large business groups, park areas, schools, and city facilities in Fargo. This collection service is accomplished by dumpsters and rear road trucks. Roll-off collection of waste. Roll-off collection service consists of collecting waste from business groups and construction industries by using different sizes (20,30, and 42 cubic yards) of roll-off containers. To maintain this service, Fargo’s “solid waste division” provides licensed private haulers to collect waste in the city regularly. Industrial Waste. Industrial collection of waste is a service of collecting unwanted or residual materials which result from industrial operations. Also classified with industrial waste is manufacturing waste, which is a service of collecting waste from different manufacturing factories such as food manufacturing, print, and publishing. Inert Waste. Inert waste consists of collecting noncombustible, non-hazardous, non-reactive waste which cannot be degraded in landfills easily. Recycling. Yard waste composting and wood waste reusing is the top priority for reducing solid waste volume in Fargo landfills. In addition to these, voluntary separation of recyclables by the citizens has been implemented to reduce the volume of solid waste in landfills. The city has opened a drop site service for collecting cardboard, newspapers, metals, plastics, and glasses as recyclables.