site waste management plans
Construction Waste Reduction: From the 2008 Landfill Pledge to 2026
Updated October 2026: In October 2008, leading UK construction contractors signed a voluntary commitment to halve the construction, demolition and excavation waste they sent to landfill by 2012. At the time, this was an ambitious attempt to change an industry in which large quantities of potentially recoverable materials were routinely discarded. Nearly two decades later, […]
5 Construction Waste Recycling Methods Which Save Building Costs
Article-At-A-Glance: Cut Building Costs by Recycling Construction Waste Nearly all common construction materials — concrete, steel, wood, masonry, asphalt, glass, and plastic — can be recycled or reused, dramatically cutting disposal and material costs. On-site concrete crushing using mobile equipment can eliminate hauling fees entirely, turning demolition debris into usable sub-base material on the same […]
UK Site Waste Management Plan Template (SWMP) Update!
The following is our archived post in which we introduced the idea of a Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP) template, which would be used to develop consistently high quality Site Waste Management Plans (SWMPs) at the start of all constrcution projects over £300,000 in value. “WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has launched (on 26 […]
