Climate Contract Playbook Edition 3
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[Francis’ clause] NEW
The Origin Story
Child’s name
Francis’ clause
Full name
Climate Aligned Construction Waste Management
Practice Area / Sector
Construction
Landfill waste from construction continues to be an ever-present issue in the UK, and throughout the world 118 .
Issue
Aside from the visual amenity impact as well as the availability of suitable sites, landfill generates methane (a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) with a global warming potential 28 times that of carbon dioxide 119 ) and cause pollutants, toxins, and leachates which make their way into waterways.
Imposing contractual obligations in respect of the usage of materials and waste management to ensure consequential GHGs are minimised.
Requirements to carry out early assessment of materials usage to understand exactly what materials are required and how much of each such that materials are not wasted unnecessarily.
Solution
Obligations to prepare a Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP) on all projects, regardless of size or complexity.
KPIs in respect of recycling, reusing, and disposing of waste materials.
The construction industry is the UK’s largest user of natural resources (approximately 400 million tonnes of materials used each year) and produces huge amounts of waste (approximately 100 million tonnes of waste produced each year – 1/3rd of the UK’s annual waste). Of the 100 million tonnes of waste produced by the UK construction industry every year, 25 million tonnes is disposed of in landfills 120 . Despite the strain the disposal of construction materials creates on the environment, the Site Waste Management Plans Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/314) were rescinded by the UK government from 1 December 2013 so that there is no legal obligation to produce a SWMP and no requirement on construction firms outside of the planning or waste permitting processes to consider the environmental impact of waste or to optimize the use of materials, including recycling.
Context
118 https://www.constructiondive.com/news/report-global-construction-waste-will-almost-double-by-2025/518874/ 119 See https://ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/ghgp/Global-Warming-Potential-Values%20%28Feb%2016%202016%29_1.pdf 120 http://www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/Reducing%20your%20construction%20waste%20-%20a%20pocket%20guide%20for%20SME%20 contractors.pdf
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