Taking Action on Construction Waste

1. South Ayrshire Council Taking Action on Construction Waste

2. Introduction • What is Zero Waste Scotland? • The Zero Waste Plan for Scotland • The Scottish Government’s Commitment • Why Ask for Less Waste in Construction? • Case Study – Barassie Primary School and Belmont Academy

3. What is Zero Waste Scotland?

4. Scotland’s Zero Waste Plan • Policy roadmap for next 15 years • Change in emphasis from ‘domestic’ towards ‘business’ waste streams • Timetable for landfill bans for specific waste types • Timetable for mandating source segregation and separate collection • Restrictions on inputs to energy from waste facilities • Action to change thinking away from ‘waste’ and towards ‘resources’ • Changes to planning system to speed up approval of infrastructure • Improved data capture and analysis to help manage improvement

5. Zero Waste Plan Scotland – Actions • Develop a Waste Prevention Programmefor all waste in order to place prevention at the heart of zero waste policy and action. • Introduce a long term target of 70% recycling for all waste arising in Scotland by 2025, regardless of its source, based on improved data and supported by sector-specific programmes of work. • Use powers to introduce regulatory reporting to improve data on resource use by the business sector by October 2010. • Introduce progressive bans on the types of materials that may be disposed of in landfill, and associated support measures, to ensure that no resources with a value for reuse or recycling are sent to landfill by 2020. • Introduce a carbon metric for waste, to identify and prioritise the materials with the highest environmental benefit for recycling, leading to better environmental outcomes, and a more efficient economy. This metric will complement the existing tonnage metric.

6. Zero Waste Plan Scotland – Actions • Develop and promote a sustainable procurement toolkit, for use by both public and private sector, to encourage the purchase of products containing recycled content and minimise overall resource use. This will support the delivery of the Scottish Sustainable Procurement Action Plan published in October 2009. • Introduce regulatory measures to support the delivery of landfill bans, by ensuring energy from waste treatment is only used to recover value from resources that cannot offer greater environmental and economic benefits through reuse or recycling. These measures will supersede the current 25% cap which currently applies only to municipal waste, and are likely to result in similar amounts of resources being available for energy from waste treatment. • 15. Ensure the land use planning system supports the Zero Waste Plan through the consolidated Scottish Planning Policy (SPP), the revision of waste planning guidance (Planning Advice Note 63) in 2010 and the provision of local waste infrastructure mapping and data.

7. ~15 million tonnes as waste to landfill Halving Waste to Landfill Commitment 2012 Halve waste to landfill Towards zero (vision for Scotland, England and Wales) Policy targets for CD&E waste

8. Halving Waste to Landfill Commitment • Almost 500 signatories to date • Over £13bn of projects have set procurement requirements • Scottish Government has signed up to the Commitment • EC policy asks Member States to include Green Public Procurement criteria in 50% of tenders by 2010

9. Who’s signed up?

10. “We commit to playing our part in halving the amount of construction, demolition and excavation waste going to landfill by 2012. We will work to adopt and implement standards for good practice in reducing waste, recycling more, and increasing the use of recycled and recovered materials.” Clients Contractors Designers & Consultants Manufacturers & Suppliers Waste management contractors 167 88 56 60 86 Headline Commitment

11. Client & contractor commitment “We will: • set a target for reducing waste to landfill; • embed the target within corporate policy and processes; • set corresponding requirements in project procurement and engage with our supply chain; • measure performance at a project level relative to a corporate baseline; and • report annually on overall corporate performance.”

12. Why take action? • Reduce environmental burdens • less waste to landfill • less site traffic • lower carbon footprint • Maintain reputation • demonstrate CSR • demonstrate efficiency and sustainable procurement • Cut costs • lower tender prices

13. Landfill Tax • Escalator extended to 2014 for non-inert waste

14. Waste disposal costs are only the tip of the iceberg…… • e.g. For 8 cu yd skip: • Skip hire £ 85 • Labour to fill skip £ 163 • Cost of materials put in skip £1095 • TOTAL TRUE COST £1343 AMEC Case Study

15. Where do you start? Tendering & appointment Model wording • Pre-construction • Outline design Prevent waste SWMP Template Designing out waste tools/guidance • Detailed design Forecast waste Reduce waste Increase RC Net Waste Tool • Construction Waste reduction Waste recovery Measure performance • Post-construction Review performance Benchmarking SWMP Tracker Reporting Portal

16. Case Study – Barassie Primary and Belmont Academy

17. Project Details • Schools procured as part of South Ayrshire Council’s PPP contract • Targets were set for both waste recovery and a minimum recycled content • Carillion was the appointed contractor • Environmental Charter and Sustainable Action Plan prepared from the outset

18. Cost and Waste Saving Potential

19. Actions Taken

20. Lessons Learned

21. Thank You Contact: Allan.Sandilands@ZeroWasteScotland.org.uk 01786 460055 / 07515 597 293