Site Waste Management Plans
From April 2008, any construction project in England costing over £300k will need a Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP) - see the relevant Environment Agency page.Cost
The cost of removal of waste can be quite considerable - the days of someone paying to take your top soil away are long gone. If you have a lot of topsoil, or subsoil to remove, unless you can find someone to pay for topsoil, you will probably have to pay to remove any that you cannot accomodate when landscaping. The 2 main options are:- removal by haulage contractors
- skip hire
- rental of a lorry and a charge per ton. Our local rates for 07/08 have been £28 per hour and £4 per ton
- charge per ton. Our local rates for 07/08 have been £6 per ton
If you can hire a large digger (we mean something like 13 ton - the haulage company may have one) then paying per ton may be the option. Discuss it with the haulage company.
The cost per ton to remove rubbish is very expensive. Typically about £70 per ton via a haulage company. For a skip, the cost is about £50 per ton, plus the skip hire of around £50.
Recycling
So it makes sense to recycle. See if you can bury rubble - deeply. Take plastic, cardboard and wood to recycling points. Well, you are probably aware of the options.All builds generate a lot of wood waste. If you don't have a use yourself, consider the National Community Wood Recycling Project which aims to save you money and stop timber waste going to landfill.