Site Waste Management Plans

If you are involved in any construction project worth more than £300,000 (ex VAT), the law requires you to prepare a ‘Site Waste Management Plan’ (SWMP).

The detail of the SWMP depends on the actual value of the project.

'The Site Waste Management Plans Regulations 2008’ state (Regulation 5) that ‘If such a project is started without a site waste management plan, the client and the principal contractor are both guilty of an offence’. A person guilty of any offence under these Regulations is liable to hefty fines.

The Regulations go on to specify

• what needs to be included in a SWMP
• who should compile it, who it affects,
• who should manage it, when it should be reviewed,
• by whom and when it should be updated,
• who should complete it and
• who should monitor it for compliance  (Environment Agency or any District or County Council.)

In essence, the Regulations state that 

1. Each waste type expected to be produced is described
2. Estimate the quantity of each different waste type.
3. The waste management action proposed for each different waste type is stated, including re-using, recycling, recovery and disposal.
4. The client and the principal contractor will take all reasonable steps to ensure that all waste from the site is dealt with in accordance with the waste duty of care in section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991; and
5. Materials will be handled efficiently and waste managed appropriately.

These are all complex and statutory requirements and no-one can afford to get them wrong!

We can help!!

Contact us or our associates at Impact Waste Specifics.