Major UK Contractors Sign Up to Halving Their Landfilled Waste by 2012

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Government has a 2012 target of halving construction waste to landfill
Several of the industry’s leading contractors yesterday signed up to a Government-backed initiative to halve the amount of construction waste sent to [...]

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Construction Waste Standard Launched in Wales

02-10-2008 from LetsRecycle News
Companies handling construction waste in Wales can now sign up to a standard recognising that they are disposing of it correctly and in line with their Duty of Care.
Launched by Constructing Excellence in Wales (CEW) and Jane Davidson, Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, the ‘Green Compass’ standard is the first of [...]

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Resurfacing Technique Saves the Planet

Insitu recycling of a damaged road surface near Peterborough provided a perfect solution for the local environmentally friendly council. 
This is part of a report published in the Highways magazine June 2008. I won’t publish it all here for copyright reasons. (It may be available at http://www.highways-mag.co.uk/ )
 
Cambridgeshire County Council is believed to be the country’s [...]

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UK Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP) WRAP Launches Complex Template

“WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has launched (on 26 February 2008) a Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP) template to help the construction industry comply with legislation coming into force in England in April, which will make SWMPs a mandatory requirement on all aspects of construction work worth more than £300,000.
The template, which supports standard, [...]

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