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Measuring Industry Progress Katherine Adams, BRE Secretariat to Strategic Forum’s Subgroup on Waste Resource Efficiency: Industry Action Plans. BEST 20th October 2010 WRAP Signatory Report, 9 th March 2011

Outline 1. The Waste Subgroup 2. Introducing the target 3. Quick overview of the methodology used for measuring CD&E waste to landfill 4. The 2008 baseline 5. Progress in 2009 6. Our Action Plan 7. Going forward Resource Efficiency: Industry Action Plans. BEST 20th October 2010 WRAP Signatory Report, 9 th March 2011

SCTG Waste Subgroup • CECA ‐ Osborne • MBE KTN • UKCG – Kier Group plc, • WRAP Construct UK, Bovis Lend • EA Lease • DEFRA • Construction Products • BIS Association ‐ Jewsons • BRE • RIBA – Powell Dobson, ECDA • NSCC • NFDC • Across the Construction Supply Chain approach • Chair – Peter Johnson (Kier Group plc) • Deputy Chair – Charlie Law (BAM Construct UK) • Secretariat – Katherine Adams from BRE, funded by WRAP • Meeting since January 2009. Resource Efficiency: Industry Action Plans. BEST 20th October 2010 WRAP Signatory Report, 9 th March 2011

Waste target ‘By 2012, a 50% reduction of construction, demolition and excavation (CD&E) waste to landfill compared to 2008’ Excludes aggregates used for backfilling quarries, site restoration or legitimately spread on exempt sites. England only Resource Efficiency: Industry Action Plans. BEST 20th October 2010 WRAP Signatory Report, 9 th March 2011

Questions asked • How do we determine the 2008 baseline? • How do we ensure that there is a consistent and robust methodology to measure progress? • How much waste does the target equate to? • How do we ensure that the target is relative to construction activity? – Discussed by the Waste Subgroup – Key dialogue with Defra, Environment Agency and WRAP Resource Efficiency: Industry Action Plans. BEST 20th October 2010 WRAP Signatory Report, 9 th March 2011

Outcomes • Methodology report – Provides detailed methodology – Assumptions, weaknesses and risks are made clear – Repeatable – Extra information on CD&E waste data collection and future developments – Background to the work • Baseline report – Figures for 2008 • Report for 2009 (to be published shortly) Resource Efficiency: Industry Action Plans. BEST 20th October 2010 WRAP Signatory Report, 9 th March 2011

Scope Resource Efficiency: Industry Action Plans. BEST 20th October 2010 WRAP Signatory Report, 9 th March 2011

Summary Resource Efficiency: Industry Action Plans. BEST 20th October 2010 WRAP Signatory Report, 9 th March 2011

The figures 58.7MT 20.28MT 15.31MT Red = 2009 3.46MT White = 2008 figures (baseline) 9.69 million tonnes 8.59MT 0.49MT Resource Efficiency: Industry Action Plans. BEST 20th October 2010 WRAP Signatory Report, 9 th March 2011

2009 performance against the 2008 baseline year Million tonnes 2008 2009 % absolute % relative change change Known classified CD&E 20.58 15.31 ‐ 26% ‐ 18% waste received at landfill CD&E waste beneficially 11.28 8.59 ‐ 24% ‐ 16% reused CD&E waste landfilled from 3.99 3.46 ‐ 13% 0% WTS etc* CD&E waste that is 0.74 0.49 ‐ 34% 0% removed from landfill * CD&E waste from waste transfer stations, treatment plants and metal recycling sites, in accordance with methodology. Resource Efficiency: Industry Action Plans. BEST 20th October 2010 WRAP Signatory Report, 9 th March 2011 WRAP Signatory Report, 9 th March 2011

The baseline relative to construction output • In 2008, 12.55 million tonnes of CD&E waste sent to landfill • Equivalent to 118 tonnes per £ million construction output for 2008 (original baseline) • Revised baseline to negate influence of inflation is: 133 tonnes per £ million construction output for 2008 • Target is to reduce by 6.275 million tonnes by 2012 equivalent to 66.5 tonnes per £ million construction output Resource Efficiency: Industry Action Plans. BEST 20th October 2010 WRAP Signatory Report, 9 th March 2011

2009 figures • About to be published • 9.69 million tonnes landfilled (compared to 12.55 million tonnes in 2008); absolute reduction of 23% • Overall amount of CD&E waste entering waste facilities has decreased • Against construction activity: – decreased to 116 tonnes/£ million construction output, equivalent to a fall of 13%. Resource Efficiency: Industry Action Plans. BEST 20th October 2010 WRAP Signatory Report, 9 th March 2011

Composition of CD&E waste landfilled in 2009 In England 0% CD&E waste from waste transfer, treatment and metal recycling 0% Concrete, bricks, tiles and ceramics 0% 1% 1% 2% Wood, glass and plastic 4% 2% Bituminous products Metal 32% Soils and stones (hazardous) Soils and stones Dregding spoil (inlcuding hazardous) Track ballast Insulation 48% Construction materials containing asbestos 7% Gyspum 3% 0% Hazardous C&D waste 0% 0% Mixed C&D waste Inert - rock and stone Resource Efficiency: Industry Action Plans. BEST 20th October 2010 WRAP Signatory Report, 9 th March 2011

Progress • Good progress made so far • Soils are still a large amount of the waste going to landfill (nearly 50%) • More actions needed to reduce waste going to landfill from waste transfer stations and treatment plants Resource Efficiency: Industry Action Plans. BEST 20th October 2010 WRAP Signatory Report, 9 th March 2011

Action Plan • To be published shortly • Agreed Actions across each part of the construction supply chain: – Clients and their advisors – Designers – Manufacturers – Distributors – Contractors (main and specialist) – Demolition – Waste management industry • Includes details of existing initiatives/actions Resource Efficiency: Industry Action Plans. BEST 20th October 2010 WRAP Signatory Report, 9 th March 2011

Manufacturers Government & Clients & their management Contractors Demolition Regulators Designers Suppliers advisors Waste Lack of good quality       information on CD&E waste Promotion and incentivisation  for resource efficiency Effective communication         across the supply chain Setting requirements through     the procurement process Designing out waste     Following the waste hierarchy     The amount of excavation   materials generated Resource Efficiency: Industry Action Plans. BEST 20th October 2010 Increasing resource efficiency     of construction products Onsite conditions     Lack of end markets for certain    materials WRAP Signatory Report, 9 th March 2011 Waste Management   infrastructure Increasing awareness to SMEs    Chain Supply Across the Challenges

Example of Actions (to be agreed) Action Lead Other parts of the supply chain/stakeholders Encourage all contractors to measure UKCG CECA, NSCC, NFB, FMB, NHBC, and report C,D&E waste in accordance Volume House Builders, SMEs with the WRAP/UKCG/CECA reporting guidelines by 2012 Publish criteria for a low waste UKCG construction site by end of 2011 Develop resources to help specialist WRAP NSCC contractors identify and reduce waste and subsequent costs arising from their activities by end of 2012 Resource Efficiency: Industry Action Plans. BEST 20th October 2010 WRAP Signatory Report, 9 th March 2011

• Publications available – www.strategicforum.org.u k/waste.shtml – www.wrap.org.uk/constru ction – www.constructionproduct s.org.uk • Annual reporting of progress • Development of action plan Resource Efficiency: Industry Action Plans. BEST 20th October 2010

Contacts Strategic Forum for Construction Jane Thornback, jane.thornback@constructionproducts.org.uk Waste Subgroup – Chair Peter Johnson, peter.johnson@kier.co.uk BRE ‐ Secretariat Katherine Adams, adamsk@bre.co.uk Resource Efficiency: Industry Action Plans. BEST 20th October 2010 WRAP Signatory Report, 9 th March 2011