This guide provides good practice advice to maximise recovery rates for all types of construction and demolition (C&D) waste from designated sorting facilities and resource recovery centres.
The aim is to assist the resource recovery industry to provide systems that:
- maximise the amount of C&D waste material diverted from landfill and cleanfill
- minimise contamination and damage of the material
- avoid or minimise environmental and nuisance effects from sorting and storage.
This guide covers:
- finding good markets for C&D waste
- setting up a waste-sorting and storage facility
- operating a waste-sorting and storage facility
- sorting procedures
- storage
- residual waste disposal
- environmental, health and safety hurdles
- a word on licensing
- resources and contacts
- other guidelines in this series