REBRI Resources

It is always helpful to start early when it comes to promoting good waste behaviours. This bilingual Chinese (Simplified)/English 'print your own' signage kit is ideal for labelling and sorting your on-site waste materials effectively.

Included in this REBRI On-site waste sorting signage kit you will find a 16-page set of A3 posters that include:

• Sorting made simple, a guide to set you up for on-site success
• Treated timber
• Untreated timber
• General metal
• Glass
• Flooring
• Plasterboard
• Cardboard
• Polystyrene
• Plastic (hard)
• Plastic (wrap and film)
• Concrete
• Aggregate
• Landfill
• Paint
• Build your own (a blank for you to customise)

These PDF signs have a QR code to access the BRANZ Resource recovery map to find your nearest facilities based on your search address.

It is always helpful to start early when it comes to promoting good waste behaviours. This bilingual Māori/English 'print your own' signage kit is ideal for labelling and sorting your on-site waste materials effectively.

Included in this REBRI On-site waste sorting signage kit you will find a 16-page set of A3 posters that include:

• Sorting made simple, a guide to set you up for on-site success
• Treated timber
• Untreated timber
• General metal
• Glass
• Flooring
• Plasterboard
• Cardboard
• Polystyrene
• Plastic (hard)
• Plastic (wrap and film)
• Concrete
• Aggregate
• Landfill
• Paint
• Build your own (a blank for you to customise)

These PDF signs have a QR code to access the BRANZ Resource recovery map to find your nearest facilities based on your search address

It is always helpful to start early when it comes to promoting good waste behaviours. This bilingual Chinese (Traditional)/English 'print your own' signage kit is ideal for labelling and sorting your on-site waste materials effectively.

Included in this REBRI On-site waste sorting signage kit you will find a 16-page set of A3 posters that include:

• Sorting made simple, a guide to set you up for on-site success
• Treated timber
• Untreated timber
• General metal
• Glass
• Flooring
• Plasterboard
• Cardboard
• Polystyrene
• Plastic (hard)
• Plastic (wrap and film)
• Concrete
• Aggregate
• Landfill
• Paint
• Build your own (a blank for you to customise)

These PDF signs have a QR code to access the BRANZ Resource recovery map to find your nearest facilities based on your search address.

It is always helpful to start early when it comes to promoting good waste behaviours. This bilingual Samoan/English 'print your own' signage kit is ideal for labelling and sorting your on-site waste materials effectively.

Included in this REBRI On-site waste sorting signage kit you will find a 16-page set of A3 posters that include:

• Sorting made simple, a guide to set you up for on-site success
• Treated timber
• Untreated timber
• General metal
• Glass
• Flooring
• Plasterboard
• Cardboard
• Polystyrene
• Plastic (hard)
• Plastic (wrap and film)
• Concrete
• Aggregate
• Landfill
• Paint
• Build your own (a blank for you to customise)

These PDF signs have a QR code to access the BRANZ Resource recovery map to find your nearest facilities based on your search address.

It is always helpful to start early when it comes to promoting good waste behaviours. This bilingual Tongan/English 'print your own' signage kit is ideal for labelling and sorting your on-site waste materials effectively.

Included in this REBRI On-site waste sorting signage kit you will find a 16-page set of A3 posters that include:

• Sorting made simple, a guide to set you up for on-site success
• Treated timber
• Untreated timber
• General metal
• Glass
• Flooring
• Plasterboard
• Cardboard
• Polystyrene
• Plastic (hard)
• Plastic (wrap and film)
• Concrete
• Aggregate
• Landfill
• Paint
• Build your own (a blank for you to customise)

These PDF signs have a QR code to access the BRANZ Resource recovery map to find your nearest facilities based on your search address.

It is always helpful to start early when it comes to promoting good waste behaviours. This bilingual Tagalog/English 'print your own' signage kit is ideal for labelling and sorting your on-site waste materials effectively.

Included in this REBRI On-site waste sorting signage kit you will find a 16-page set of A3 posters that include:

• Sorting made simple, a guide to set you up for on-site success
• Treated timber
• Untreated timber
• General metal
• Glass
• Flooring
• Plasterboard
• Cardboard
• Polystyrene
• Plastic (hard)
• Plastic (wrap and film)
• Concrete
• Aggregate
• Landfill
• Paint
• Build your own (a blank for you to customise)

These PDF signs have a QR code to access the BRANZ Resource recovery map to find your nearest facilities based on your search address.

It is always helpful to start early when it comes to promoting good waste behaviours. This 'print your own' signage kit is ideal for labelling and sorting your on-site waste materials effectively.

Included in this REBRI On-site waste sorting signage kit you will find a 16-page set of A3 posters that include:

• Sorting made simple, a guide to set you up for on-site success
• Treated timber
• Untreated timber
• General metal
• Glass
• Flooring
• Plasterboard
• Cardboard
• Polystyrene
• Plastic (hard)
• Plastic (wrap and film)
• Concrete
• Aggregate
• Landfill
• Paint
• Build your own (a blank for you to customise)

These PDF signs have a QR code to access the BRANZ Resource recovery map to find your nearest facilities based on your search address.

Bilingual signage coming soon in 2025

The waste minimisation plan is a helpful tool that can assist you in a few different ways.

This plan provides a framework for: 

• Outlining who is responsible for managing waste on site 
• Setting waste minimisation goals 
• Recording the different types and amounts of waste from your project
• Describing recycling/reuse methods for each material 
• Identifying waste destinations and how it is being transported 
• Monitoring your progress 
• Describing communication and training used to support and encourage participation from everyone on site. 
• Reviewing the project – you can identify what went well and what can be improved next time. 

We recommend using this REBRI Waste minimisation plan with Adobe PDF reader for data capture.

Updated: 24 September 2024

This guide provides businesses involved in the manufacture, distribution and sale of products to the building industry with top tips for reducing waste during construction and demolition.

Features:

• 11 top tips for waste reduction from building products
• Benefits of reducing product waste
• The waste issue

This guide provides builders, building owners and developers top tips for reducing waste during construction.

Features:

• 10 top tips for waste reduction during construction
• Benefits of reducing waste during construction

Two pages of the best tips from the REBRI Guide to C&D Resource Recovery series on concrete.

Features:

• What is crushed concrete good for?
• What’s involved?
• Examples from those out there doing it
• Some things to think about

Two pages of the best tips from the REBRI Guide to C&D Resource Recovery series on metal.

Features:

• What type of metals do you find in C&D waste?
• What’s involved?
• Some things to think about
• Examples from those out there doing it

Two pages of the best tips from the REBRI Guide to C&D Resource Recovery series on plasterboard.

Features:

• What is waste plasterboard good for?
• What’s involved?
• Some things to think about
• Examples from those out there doing it

Two pages of the best tips from the REBRI Guide to C&D Resource Recovery series on timber.

Features:

• What is waste timber good for?
• What’s involved?
• Some things to think about
• Examples from those out there doing it

This guide is part of the REBRI series developed to encourage and assist everyone involved in the construction and demolition (C&D) industry to reduce waste to landfill and cleanfill.

It provides good practice guidance to reduce waste through product design, distribution and use and the recycling and reuse of products and their packaging. In the long term, design for deconstruction is a key solution to reducing waste at the end of a building’s life. In the shorter term, however, reducing building waste by focusing on dismantling and deconstruction rather than demolition will help achieve this objective.

This guide provides good practice guidance to:

• product manufacturers
• distributors and suppliers
• retailers and wholesalers.

The aims of this guide are to:

• assist those involved in the supply of products to the construction industry to consider how and why waste is created on site as a result of their products and services
• demonstrate design, manufacture, retail and supply options to reduce C&D waste and end-of-life recycling and reuse options
• foster environmental awareness in the building products industry.

This guide covers:

• product design
• packaging
• wholesale and retail
• delivery
• product information and support
• internal procedures
• how you know whether a product or packaging is reusable or recyclable
• links, resources and information.

This guide is part of the REBRI series developed to encourage and assist everyone involved in the building industry to reduce waste.

The aims of this guide are to:

• assist developers, builders and all other trades and professions involved in construction to consider how and why waste is created during building projects
• provide practical guidance on how to reduce waste to landfill and cleanfill by being efficient with materials during the project and by setting up good systems for recycling and reuse
• foster environmental awareness in the building profession.

The guidelines cover:

• project planning
• tendering and contracts
• building material and product selection
• reducing waste during demolition/renovation
• setting up a waste storage area
• waste reduction and recycling options
• good site management to avoid waste
• review after construction has been completed
• links, resources and information.

This guide is part of the REBRI series developed to encourage and assist everyone involved in the construction and demolition (C&D) industry to reduce waste disposal to landfill and cleanfill.

In the long term, design for deconstruction is a key solution to reducing waste at the end of a building’s life. In the shorter term, however, reducing building waste by focusing on dismantling and deconstruction rather than demolition will help achieve this objective.

This guide provides good practice guidance to:

• demolition firms
• building owners
• builders and developers.

The aims of this guide are to:

• help maximise the amount of material recovered at the end of a building’s life (and reduce waste to landfill and cleanfill)
• foster environmental awareness among those involved in building demolition and deconstruction.

The guidelines cover:

• planning for deconstruction
• initial assessment of site and building
• reusable and recyclable building materials
• deconstruction scheduling
• monitoring and recording procedures
• tendering and contracts
• setting up a waste minimisation system
• principles for deconstruction and dismantling
• on-site sorting and storage of materials
• when deconstruction is complete
• marketing and external accreditation
• training staff and subcontractors
• links, resources, and information.

This guide provides good practice advice to maximise recovery rates for all types of construction and demolition (C&D) waste from designated sorting facilities and resource recovery centres.

The aim is to assist the resource recovery industry to provide systems that:

• maximise the amount of C&D waste material diverted from landfill and cleanfill
• minimise contamination and damage of the material
• avoid or minimise environmental and nuisance effects from sorting and storage.

This guideline covers:

• finding good markets for C&D waste
• setting up a waste-sorting and storage facility
• operating a waste-sorting and storage facility
• sorting procedures
• storage
• residual waste disposal
• environmental, health and safety hurdles
• a word on licensing
• resources and contacts
• other guidelines in this series.

This guide provides good practice advice to maximise recovery rates for all types of waste materials from construction and demolition (C&D) sites.

The aim is to assist the resource recovery industry to provide collection and transportation services that:

• maximise the amount of C&D waste material diverted from landfill and cleanfill waste stream
• minimise contamination and damage of the material
• meet the requirements of both the construction or demolition client and the recycling operator.

This guideline covers:

• finding good markets for C&D waste
• collection and transportation services
• residual waste disposal
• health and safety hurdles
• a word on licensing
• resources and contacts
• other guidelines in this series.