Reducing Waste

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Reducing Waste

• An Introduction to
• Sustainable Construction

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Project Sus'd

• Building Sustainable Development Partnerships on
  Construction Sites

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Sustainable Development

• Development that meets the needs of the present
  without compromising the ability of future
  generations to meet their own needs

Our Common Future - Brundtland Commission - 1987
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Why should we care?
If the rest of the world had the consumption of
the UK
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It would take 3 worlds to support us
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Climate Change

• This is a result of using too much fossil fuel
• Impacts of Climate Change can include

Acid rain kills forests
Hole in the ozone layer
Global warming
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Construction Impacts

• Transport fuel, pollution, traffic jams
• Waste landfill, costs, pollution, using natural
  resources
• Energy to power everything we do
• Water a part of every construction site
• Local Community traffic, noise, fumes, dust
• People health and safety

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1 Thing we can all do

• If we can do just ONE thing, it will help in
  everything we do in construction
• This will help make construction more sustainable

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Reduce Waste
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Reduce Waste

• Also reduces other impacts
• Transport we need less material and dispose of
  less
• Energy Water we use less because we waste
  less
• Local community less waste fewer lorry-loads,
  less pollution, less mess
• People less waste more pleasant and safer
  workplace

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And it is not Rocket Science just Common
Sense
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What is the most expensive material in
construction?
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Waste !
Any usable material that ends up in a skip!
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It is wasteful
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It is messy
Messy workplaces are unpleasant
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Reduce Waste

• Reducing waste will help us make the workplace
  cleaner, safer and more pleasant
• It will also reduce costs and safeguard the
  environment

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Who should reduce waste?
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It's you and me!
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Reducing Waste is everyones job
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What can we do?
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Ask Why? ( a few times)

• Why did the bags get wet?
• Because they were not under cover
• Why were they not under cover?
• Because we did not put them under a cover sheet
• Why did we not use a cover sheet?
• Because nobody had one
• Why didnt we have a cover sheet?
• Because we lost ours
• Why did we lose our cover sheet?
• Because nobody was responsible for it

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The Easiest Way

• Keep the workplace clean, tidy and neat
• If you know where everything is, you can find
  them easily
• If you can find things easily, you will use them
• If you use the right materials, you wont waste
  much
• Sort it Out Set in Order Keep it Clean

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Health and Safety

• The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that
  nearly 50 of construction site accidents are
  related to messy and poorly organised
  construction sites

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What can you see?
Any problems in this area can be spotted easily
In this area, you will not be able to spot
problems easily the whole place is a mess
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Where do you like to work?
Here?
Or here?
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Partnership to Cut Waste
Together we can make a difference!
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I have an idea to cut waste!
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Your Turn

• Questions ?
• Comments ?
• Suggestions for Improvement ?
• Any other topic ?

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