Presentation by Dr Aidan Bell, EnviroBuild at the SPRA Conference 2018 held at Eastwood Hall, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire on the 20th June 2018. More information: https://spra.co.uk/events/spra-conference-awards-2018/
3. E N V I R O B U I L D . C O M
Demolition
*The National Federation of Demolition Contractors figures
Plastic
0.01% of residential
0.00% of commercial
4. E N V I R O B U I L D . C O M
Design for Deconstruction
• BIM could and should help
• The Earlier design is incorporated the more material can be removed
• Documented process in advance of building works being undertaken
• “Glass fibre reinforcement”
• “integral polyester fleece backing”
5. E N V I R O B U I L D . C O M
What drives recycling?
Economics Legislation
6. E N V I R O B U I L D . C O M
Who Pays?
£30-80 per tonne
7. E N V I R O B U I L D . C O M
Case Study: PVC – Recycling in Window Manufacture
• Driven by Economics
• Automatic mechanical breakdown and removal
of metal (ferrous and non-ferrous)
• Automatically colour sorted using UV
spectroscopy
• Used directly back into u-PVC windows,
including 100% recycled windows offered for
sale
8. E N V I R O B U I L D . C O M
Case Study: Gypsum recycling
9. E N V I R O B U I L D . C O M
Case Study: PV Cycle
• Worldwide scheme, set up in 2007 by producers . Not for profit
• Reaction to WEEE enforcement in Netherlands rose compliance from 15% - 75% in a single year.
• Cost is simply passed onto consumers, and paid by market share of the producers
• Uses local collection companies and nodal recycling centres
• Also act as a watchdog of non-compliant non-members
The PVC produced by your industry is much smaller than windows industry
21% of the total European total was from th
If during refurb most membrane are overlaid and wasteage is around 5% then most of the material is recovered at demolition stage
Will represent breakdown as graph – and talk about the figures
Design for deconstruction
Potential barriers include lack of recycling market for products and incorrect marking
Data from 2008: http://www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/CRWP-Demolition-Report-2009.pdf
According to BS8895-2:2015 Designing for material efficiency in building projects, consideration of DfD should be given where feasible during the Concept and Developed design stages of the RIBA Plan of Work Stages
http://brebuzz.net/2015/12/04/design-for-deconstruction-helping-construction-unlock-the-benefits-of-the-circular-economy/
I noted on your reports that it would need to be led by others – contractors point to clients, and clients lament their options
Ultimately it is usually legislation that drives anything
Since 1987 the principle of Polluter Pays has also been enshrined in the Treaty of the European Communities and in numerous national legislations world-wide
Legislation will come eventually
Legislation has moved towards the polluter pays principle
The polluter pays principle (PPP) was first mentioned in the recommendation
of the OECD of 26th May 1972 and reaffirmed in the recommendation of 14th
November 1974.
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In the 1972 Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human
Environment in Stockholm the principles did not feature, but in 1992 in Rio
PPP was laid down as Principle 16 of the UN Declaration on Environment and
Development
.
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The European Community took up the OECD recommendation in its first
Environmental Action Program (1973-1976) and then in a Recommendation of
3 March 1975 regarding cost allocation and action by public authorities on
environmental matters. Since 1987 the principle has also been enshrined in
the Treaty of the European Communities and in numerous national legislations
world-wide
Site Waste Management Plans (SWMP’s removed in 2008)
http://www.veka-recycling.co.uk/
Automated mechanical sorting to rubber, metal and PVC
PVC then sorted by colour
High grade PVC granulates
PVC can be re-used to make windows
http://www.bpf.co.uk/Plastipedia/Polymers/PVC.aspx#Environmental%20Impacts
Law changed in 2009
It’s now the most cost effective method, and re-used in plasterboard
Recycling went from 30% to effectively 100%
Widely accepted by waste companies
In England, Northern Ireland and Wales,
as of 1 April 2009, the Environment Agency and Northern
Ireland Environment Agency have revised their policies
for disposing of gypsum waste to landfill. Previously,
waste containing less than 10% gypsum could be sent
to landfill.
The environment agencies have removed this
guideline value. This means that demolition contractors
need to segregate the gypsum waste on site and send it
for recycling and/or mono-cell landfill disposal
Made from mixed plastics after the good plastics are taken out.
If during refurb most membrane are overlaid and wasteage is around 5% then most of the material is recovered at demolition stage
Will represent breakdown as graph – and talk about the figures
Design for deconstruction
Potential barriers include lack of recycling market for products and incorrect marking
Data from 2008: http://www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/CRWP-Demolition-Report-2009.pdf