Site Waste Management Plans

Site Waste Management Plans

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SWMP Regulations 2008
Construction and Building trades.

Construction firms are being urged to take early action on waste before the planned enforcement of Site Waste Management Plans (SWMPs) before 6th April 2008. the date when the regulations come in to force.

Originally developed as a DTI Voluntary Code of Practice, SWMPs provide a structure for systematic waste management at all stages of a project's delivery.

These plans are due to become a legal requirement for all construction projects over £250,000 in April 2008. With unused building materials that reaches figures of well into millions of tonnage, being discarded as waste every year, it is set to have a major impact on the industry.

The plans focus largely on on-site operations and primarily identify:

* An individual responsible for resource management
* The types of waste that will be generated
* Resource management options for these wastes
* The use of appropriate and licensed waste management contractors
* A plan for monitoring and reporting on resource use and the quantity of waste

Key benefits of a SWMP:

* Provides structure approach to management and recycling on site
* Reduces cost of waste management
* Increase profit margins
* Better control of regulatory risks relating to materials and wastes on site
* Compliance of contractual needs of public and private sector needs
* Help you to deal with any queries from environmental regulatory