Table 7.1     Summary of Waste Handling Procedures and Disposal Routes

 

Waste Type

 

Handling

Disposal

Construction

 

 

 

Construction & Demolition Material

Where possible should be re-used on-site

On-site for pavement re-instatement

 

If off-site disposal required, separate into:

·           Public fill (e.g. concrete and rubble)

 

·           C&D waste for re-use and/or recycling (e.g. steel and other metals, wood, plastic)

 

 

 

·           C&D waste which cannot be re-used and/or recycled

 

 

Public filling area or reclamation

 

Steel and other metals should be separated for re-use and/or recycling where practicable before disposal of at landfill.

 

Landfill

Maintenance and Chemical Wastes

Recycle on-site or by licensed companies

Stored on-site within suitably designed containers

By licenced contractor to Chemical Waste Treatment Facility

Workforce Wastes

Provide on-site refuse collection facilities

 

Landfill, collection by

private hygiene company

Operation

 

 

Sewage sludge

Dewatered on-site

Landfill