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Action on waste

By: Language: English Series: RICS Building Control ; April 2005, 6-9(4)Publication details: 2005Subject(s): Summary: Outlines the chances to use recycled materials in buildings in the context of the May 2004 Sustainable Buildings Task Group's recommendation for a minimum requirement for recovered materials in buildings projects. Notes that the Waste and Resources Action Programme has recently published two reference guides for commercial buildings and house building that quantify the opportunities to increase recycled content. These include switching to an alternative design/specification and product substitution.

Outlines the chances to use recycled materials in buildings in the context of the May 2004 Sustainable Buildings Task Group's recommendation for a minimum requirement for recovered materials in buildings projects. Notes that the Waste and Resources Action Programme has recently published two reference guides for commercial buildings and house building that quantify the opportunities to increase recycled content. These include switching to an alternative design/specification and product substitution.