BuilderScrap have announced they will provide Constructing Excellence in Wales with a tangible waste management tool to complement site waste management plans, improved procurement methods and designing out waste.
Karin Black, Waste Strategy Advisor for the Welsh Assembly Government said: “The rhetoric
about waste reduction has gained momentum in recent years, but real alternatives have relied
largely on the commitment of individual contractors and educated clients.
The agreement with CEW to take up the challenge of supporting a significant diversion of materials from landfill by deploying the BuilderScrap materials reuse platform is a major step in the right direction.
"This is the first government backed initiative of its type in the UK and is pivotal to
CEW’s’ ongoing strategy to reduce the waste generated by the construction industry.”
Paul Jennings, director of the CEW waste programme said: “The issue of waste in the construction industry is now so serious that to not take action and simply try to talk the industry around is no longer acceptable. We are running out of landfill space at an alarming rate and jeopardising the environment by wasting construction materials that could be used elsewhere”,
“There are two outstanding benefits of BuilderScrap for Wales: voluntary projects can source
materials and maintain their support for the local community and landfill usage is reduced. It
is a win-win scenario that should be welcomed by all the stakeholders in the industry.”
By choosing to work with a private sector company that already has an established materials
reuse platform, CEW has saved both time and valuable resources in creating the initiative
which will launch on 13th November 2010 at Federation of Master Builders Annual Conference
in Swansea.
Brendon Kenny of BuilderScrap added: “We have seen a change in attitudes to how construction materials can be reused by others involved in building projects since the launch of BuilderScrap, both from within the industry and also from those who benefit from sourcing materials off the site.
"With the launch of the CEW platform, it serves as a further validation that this initiative can play a pivotal part of an overall waste management strategy."
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