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1 Construction &Demolition Waste Mangagement Disposition About me.. The Ecocycle Council EU Waste Directive Building waste and recycling in Sweden Building Waste The Waste Handling Project Techniques Towards the future.. About me.. Per Lilliehorn Drottninggatan 26, 4tr SE Stockholm www. lilliehorn.se 1

2 Environmental impact 35 % av the energy 50 % av electricalenergy millions oftons ofwater billions m 3 air 75 miljoner tons ofmaterial 15 % of greens house gases 15 % av ofthe waste Emissions.. 4 Protect Naturel Resources Protect The Eco System 2

3 Protect the Health Environmental program 2010 The Ecocycle Councils objectives Energy conservation Reduce landfill Reduce hazardous substances Healthy indoor environment Noise reduction Avoide Moisture Problems Reduce Landfill! Objective: To halve the volumes of landfill wastefrom construction works between 2004 and

4 Hazardous Substances Objective 1: The use of hazardous substances should be reduced to a minimum by Objective 2: By the year 2006 the main part (> 3/4) of the building products should have Building Product Declarations. Building Product Declarations Self declaration by producers Type II declaration a standard, within the trade, according to the principles of ISO Describes the environmental impact on indoor and outdoor environment and makes an LCA Ground for environmental evaluation of building materials BPD Versions Nr Nr Nr EU Waste Directive The directive Definitions The Waste Hierarchy and regulations around it Rules around Waste treatment Waste Management and planning Administrative rules, reports, inspections and monitoring The Waste Hierarchy 4

5 EU Waste Directive The member states should promote reuse and recycling At least 50 % of the paper, metal, plastic and glass should be recycled as materials National Waste Plan (SE) Priorities C & D waste Household waste Food supply chain Waste treatment Illegal export of waste The Flow Materials Waste 5

6 C & D waste Avfallsmängd (kton) Totalt, incl mining Totalt, incl mining Totalt C & D (~ 17 %) Mineral materials Mixed materials Excavation,in harbours e t c 300 Paper 9 Wood 8 Metals 200 Equipment 1 Hazardous w(~ 10 %) kton material excl ballast for civil engineering works. 85 % concrete, brickse t c Normal C & D wastearound kton. Avfall i Sverige 2006, NV, Where doesit come from Estimated volyme = kton C & D waste Actions (Kton) % New buildings Refurbrishment Demolision Maint Small flows. Around25 % in small projects Kton % One family houses, new 70 ~2 % One family houses, refub. 630 ~ 20 % Multi-dwelling houses, ref. 100 ~ 3 % Multi dwelling, maint 120 ~ 3 % 920 ~27 % 6

7 Changes 1990 ~ 90 % as landfill 2010 ~ 10 % as landfill? Not really, but in average ~ 25 % as landfill Best parts ofthe country < 10 % as landfill. 19 Hazardous waste We should have started with the hazardous waste! Weine Winqvist (MD, Swedish Waste Management) 21 7

8 New focus! From quantity to quality The basis The aimsareto Minimize building waste Sort at site Waste Handling Project Common guidelines for environmentally sound waste disposal in building and demolishing projects The aim is to achieve a high standard of the waste disposal to improve Recovery of materials and energy Handling of hazardous waste 8

9 The project includes Guidelines that will work as a standard and that might be referred to in agreements A toolbox for Inventory of buildings (check lists) Procurement of building and demolishing projects Pilot projects Signs & Terms Standardizedsigns Standardizedterms 9

10 29 Contains also Normativ texts Tools for procurement Checklists Forms for waste handling plan Routines for handling of hazardous waste Information about waste regulations 30 10

11 Tools List ofhazardouswastemed wastecodesand rulesfor handling of waste Waste fractions at building production basic level Waste fractions gross list whithrulesfor handling 31 Inventory of materials Inventory of materials and products that s concerned in the project Crucial for the quality Identify hazardous materials location and quantity High demands on competence 32 Waste handling plan Waste handling plan is used When making an inventory When applying for demolition permission Whenfollowingupbuilding and demolition projects A documentthatis developed during the project 33 11

12 Basic level of sorting Hazardous waste Electric waste Wood Burnable waste Plastics for recycling Scrap metal Recyclable soil Landfill(sorted) or mixed garbage 34 An application Clean building site Recycling guaranty Adoption tobuilding activities Builders should focus on building and leavewastehandling to specialists A Stockholm project Hornsbruks strand 9 different producers of housing Complicatedlogistics, narrow streets 12

13 The secret weapons The loader The handheld scanner Work model Small internal containers Transport to sorting plant All transports are logged Each company pays for their own waste Ragn-Sells administrates the system Project statistics Better economy Better for the environment 13

14 Volyme of waste Volymes, normal production ~20 25 kg/kvmbta. Percentage to landfill < 20 %. Aim for< 10 %. Is ruledby Space Economy Logistics Waste coordinator The contractor should point out a waste coordinator Traditional focus Materials Waste 14

15 Skanska - Proactive thinking New Karolinska 15

16 Skanska s Aim & Objectives Aim Avoid high wastage rates encountered on previous hospital projects Objectives Generate accountability amongst individual trade contractors for their waste Build a more accurate picture of when, where and why waste is generated Improve Skanska s ability to predict waste on future projects Origins of waste Complicated design Changes to the design Over-ordering Damage Packaging Commercial priorities 16

17 Pre-fabrication Reusable packaging Logistics 17

18 Leverage Save money New focus! Cost reduction! Materials Waste 18

19 Waste Materials Management What is waste? Waste is what remains when you haveranoutofideas! 56 19

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