This site is updated weekly. The construction industry produces vast quantities of waste.
Construction is also a huge consumer of resources.
Every year approximately 260 million tonnes of minerals are extracted for use as aggregates and raw materials for construction. In the UK approximately 13 million tonnes of construction materials are delivered to site and thrown away unused every year. This is not sustainable. Eliminating waste by increasing the efficiency of the construction process and encouraging waste recycling will bring benefits to construction companies through lower costs and at the same time benefit the environment through lower waste disposal and reduced extraction of primary aggregates. Cost savings are a significant driver for construction companies to adopt more sustainable waste management and resource practices, reinforced by political pressure by the UK Government, which has signalled its commitment to promoting more sustainable resource use in construction through a series of strategic and fiscal measures.