| Title: |
Increased recycling of quarry, biodegradable, green, construction, demolition and excavation waste streams through the manufacture of soils
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| Resource Type: |
document --> technical publication --> report
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| Country: |
United Kingdom
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| Year: |
2004 |
| Availability: |
Project code: RMD3-047
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| Author 1/Producer: |
Waste and Resources Action Programme - WRAP
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| Other Authors/Producers: |
Lamb, M
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| Author / Producer Type: |
Agency, regulator or other governmental or inter-governmental body
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| Publisher: |
WRAP
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| Publisher City: |
Banbury, UK
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| ISBN: |
ISBN: 1-84405-260-5
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| Report / download web link (=direct link): |
http://www.wrap.org.uk
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| Format (e.g. PDF): |
PDF
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->Remediation options-->Excavation
Contaminated land-->Remediation options-->Recycling/reuse
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| Short description: |
C&EW is the largest single waste stream in the UK. It is common for high percentages of construction and demolition
waste to be recovered for use as recycled aggregate, but excavation waste has proven to be difficult to recycle, yet it is
this fraction that potentially offers the greatest opportunities to form the mineral base of a manufactured soil.
It is technically feasible to manufacture a soil using fines from CDEW processing and green waste compost,
whilst screened gulley waste may also be a suitable component subject to licensing requirements and process
control. Should a suitable CDEW site become available, the full scale manufacturing of topsoil could proceed in
Hampshire in a short timeframe.
• There are commercial benefits associated with diversion of materials from landfill into soil manufacture in terms
of reduction in waste disposal costs and revenue from soil sales.
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 23/08/2006
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