Webinar 36 | Introduction to Duty of Care & Waste Classification

Scotland produces approximately 4.3 million tonnes of waste soil per annum. The cost of disposing of waste soils can account for a significant proportion of a construction projects budget and it is a cost that is often not fully budgeted for during the early stages of project planning.   

In accordance with the waste hierarchy reduction and the onsite reuse of soils should be considered in preference to offsite disposal. However, to allow the construction of site infrastructure, installation of environmental capping, foundations etc. offsite soil waste disposal is often still required and cannot be fully avoided.   It is the responsibility of the waste producer to appropriately describe and classify their waste. As well as being a legal duty, classifying waste helps to identify a suitable disposal route, associated costs and to determine whether it contains any hazardous properties so that it can be managed in a way to avoid…