REBRI Waste reduction: Construction (PDF)
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This guide is part of the REBRI series developed to encourage and assist everyone involved in the building industry to reduce waste.
The aims of this guide are to:
- assist developers, builders and all other trades and professions involved in construction to consider how and why waste is created during building projects
- provide practical guidance on how to reduce waste to landfill and cleanfill by being efficient with materials during the project and by setting up good systems for recycling and reuse
- foster environmental awareness in the building profession.
The guidelines cover:
- project planning
- tendering and contracts
- building material and product selection
- reducing waste during demolition/renovation
- setting up a waste storage area
- waste reduction and recycling options
- good site management to avoid waste
- review after construction has been completed
- links, resources and information.
| Publication date | 1 March 2024 |
|---|---|
| Author | BRANZ |
| Product type | Book |
| Availability | Available |
| Product code | BR008 |
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REBRI Waste reduction: Demolition (PDF)
This guide is part of the REBRI series developed to encourage and assist everyone involved in the construction and demolition (C&D) industry to reduce waste disposal to landfill and cleanfill.
In the long term, design for deconstruction is a key solution to reducing waste at the end of a building’s life. In the shorter term, however, reducing building waste by focusing on dismantling and deconstruction rather than demolition will help achieve this objective.
This guide provides good practice guidance to:
- demolition firms
- building owners
- builders and developers.
The aims of this guide are to:
- help maximise the amount of material recovered at the end of a building’s life (and reduce waste to landfill and cleanfill)
- foster environmental awareness among those involved in building demolition and deconstruction.
The guidelines cover:
- planning for deconstruction
- initial assessment of site and building
- reusable and recyclable building materials
- deconstruction scheduling
- monitoring and recording procedures
- tendering and contracts
- setting up a waste minimisation system
- principles for deconstruction and dismantling
- on-site sorting and storage of materials
- when deconstruction is complete
- marketing and external accreditation
- training staff and subcontractors
- links, resources, and information.
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