Construction and Demolition (C&D) wastes are considered a priority area in the 2005 North Shore City Council Waste Minimisation Plan, the City Plan 2004 and the New Zealand Waste Strategy 2002.

Over one third of all commercial refuse from business to landfill is the result of C&D activities. The Ministry for the Environment believe that C & D waste may represent up to 50 percent of all waste generated in New Zealand, 20 percent of all waste going to landfill and 80 percent of all waste going to cleanfill sites.
North Shore City Council has initiated and been involved in a number of programmes to assist the C&D industry, including:

• BusinessCare Construction
  
• The Construction and Demolition waste reduction project
• North Shore City REBRI project

The C&D Waste Reduction Project was developed by North Shore City Council (NSCC) and involved the support of the Ministry for the Environment and a consortium of councils and industry groups. It was a holistic programme and involved key stakeholders in the C&D waste stream to investigate opportunities to reduce the quantity of material going to landfill and cleanfill. The project was developed to assist industry, councils and the community to meet the New Zealand Waste Strategy 2002 target of a reduction in C&D waste to landfill of 50 per cent by December 2008 (compared to 2005 figures).

The project began in December 2003 and was completed in July 2005 and targeted the following stakeholder groups:

A major element of the project was to develop guidelines that give guidance to sectors involved in C&D and resource recovery industry on how to reduce C&D waste going to landfill or cleanfill.  The REBRI (Resource Efficiency in the Building and Related Industries) guidelines were developed and can be found at REBRI Project website (see website link below) operated by the Building Research Association of New Zealand.

NSCC will continue to focus on C&D waste reduction initiatives including providing one-on-one project assistance with companies wanting to utilise the REBRI guidelines.

Waste minimisation plan
Ministry For The Environment - Construction and demolition waste
REBRI Project
BRANZ
Department of Building and Housing
New Zealand Green Building Council

If your business would like to find out more about using the REBRI guidelines or waste reduction in the C&D industry please contact our Senior Advisor – Resource Efficiency, on:

Telephone	09 486 8600
Email	Actionline@northshorecity.govt.nz