REBRI Resource Recovery All waste: Centralised Sorting and Storage (PDF)

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.

This guide provides good-practice advice to maximise recovery rates for concrete from construction and demolition (C&D) projects by improving crushing, screening and stockpiling processes. 

The aim is to assist the operators of crushing and screening systems to adopt practices that:

• maximise operational efficiency and the amount of concrete crushed and screened into chip product
• minimise contamination and maximise the quality of the chip product
• avoid or minimise environmental and nuisance effects from processing and storage

This guideline covers:

• finding good markets for crushed concrete aggregate
• on-site versus centralised processing
• setting up a processing facility or mobile plant
• operating a concrete-processing plant
• testing and storage of crushed concrete product
• environmental, health and safety hurdles
• resources and contacts