A 3 year project, funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), is being managed by Remade South East to support construction contractors, house builders, architects, designers and local authorities to minimise waste streams and find alternative markets for waste created from the construction industry.
FREE-of-charge assistance is being provided to Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to develop and implement 75 Site Waste Management Plans (SWMPs) on sites in the South East (including pre-demolition audits, groundwork assistance and construction support). The project will promote reuse opportunities by developing building material reuse centres and new end markets for waste materials. Through the project businesses and local authorities will also receive training sessions and toolbox talks to explain how SWMPs can be implemented.
The project has 17 partners providing specialist support and advice across the region including Building Research Establishment, South East Centre for the Built Environment, Remade South East, BioRegional, Centre for Remanufacture and Reuse, ConstructionResale, Tiger Enterprise, Sust Marketing, Kent Sustainable Business Partnership, Hampshire Sustainable Business Partnership, WD Environmental, Olive Consultancy, Ecosys, Gypsum Recycling, May Gurney, Brighton and Hove Council and Oxfordshire County Council.
Diana Lock, Chief Executive of Remade South East said “This project aims to deliver a range of benefits to participating businesses, such as the reduction of waste to landfill, disposal costs, carbon emissions, as well as training and development opportunities for key construction and local authority staff.”
SMEs and local authorities interested in signing up to the ZeroWISE sustainable construction project should contact Andrew Kent, Remade South East, 01732 876619, a.kent@remade-southeast.co.uk or download an information leaflet here /UploadedFiles/SME SWMP Construction Support Flier.pdf.