WRAP launches agreement to halve waste to landfill
October 20, 2008
The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has launched a new voluntary agreement for the UK construction industry, with the objective of halving the amount of waste it sends to landfill by 2012.
At present, the construction industry wastes approximately £1.5 billion per year on unused materials through over ordering, and sends around 25 million tonnes of waste to landfill. The Strategy for Sustainable Construction and the Strategic Forum's Construction Commitments have been instrumental in setting targets to reduce this.
WRAP's Chief Executive, Liz Goodwin, pointed out that waste reduction presents an opportunity in the current economic climate: as the true cost of waste is over ten times higher than the cost of disposal, once the value of the wasted materials is taken into account. She emphasised that the time was ripe for a change.
Major clients and contractors, such as the Berkeley Group, Bovis Lend Lease, Laing O'Rourke, Stanhope plc, Defence Estates, SEGRO, and Willmott Dixon have already signed up.
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