The Waste Protocols Project has been set up to help industry identify a range of materials that can be turned into new items or recycled rather than being discarded to landfill with associated waste management costs, labour costs, and lost material costs.
To date 11 materials have been identified including non packaging plastics such as old drainpipes and waste oils that can be transformed into new products. These 11 materials “are projected to save businesses and industry more than £4oo million, create a £280 million market in the materials and divert 17 million tonnes of waste from landfill”.
Projects such as this will feed into the construction industry as well as other industries and can assist in identifying additional potential markets for the reuse and recovery of waste construction materials, in turn feeding into project Site Waste Management Plans.
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