Construction and Demolition Waste

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Construction and Demolition Waste (C&D Waste) also known as Construction, Demolition and Excavation waste (mining waste) (CD&E Waste) is defined within Directive 2018/851 amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste (the Waste Framework Directive) as "waste generated by construction and demolition activities".

Under the Waste Framework Directive there is a target to for the Recovery of non-hazardous C&D waste of 70% by 2020, which the UK is currently meeting even taking into consideration the high level of uncertainty around the absolute tonnage figures. The large proportion of this waste is used as a Secondary Aggregate in construction. The figures for England and the UK are extracted in the table below from the DEFRA Digest [1].

C&D Waste Recovery Rates 2010-16
UK England
Generation Recovery Recovery Rate Generation Recovery Recovery Rate
M tonnes M tonnes %ge M tonnes M tonnes %ge
2010 59.2 53.1 89.7% 53.6 49.4 92.2%
2011 60.2 55.0 91.4% 54.9 50.8 92.5%
2012 55.8 50.8 91.2% 50.5 46.4 92.0%
2013 57.1 52.0 91.2% 51.7 47.6 92.0%
2014 61.5 56.3 91.5% 55.9 51.7 92.4%
2015 63.8 58.1 91.1% 57.7 53.3 92.3%
2016 66.2 60.2 91.0% 59.6 55.0 92.1%

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