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CS-2009 MRc2:Construction Waste Management

Inability to recycle scrap plyboard and wood.

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Devanand Ragbir
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Devserv Ltd
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I am from the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean and we don't have significant recycling faclities for construction waste. Our project utilizes plyboard and wood as formwork for the concrete works. We are unable to get an agency in the country to recycle these pieces of plyboard and wood which has concrete spills & nails etc. I will like to know if these scraps have to be accounted in the calculations.

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Tristan Roberts
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Tue, 02/11/2014 - 18:33

Yes, they do need to be accounted for. This could be an incentive to use waste reduction and diversion strategies, such as using reusable formwork, or denailing the wood and finding someone who could make use of it in some way.
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Devanand Ragbir
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Tue, 02/11/2014 - 20:18

The reusable formwork arrived late on the project hence we started with the plyboard formwork. All the plyboard formwork are being reused on site and most likely will be utilized on another project. However it is the unusable pieces we are finding difficulty recycling as some has form oil, concrete and nails. We utilized 2 agents already but they are no longer accepting the scraps again because both of the agents cannot find use for them. Thanks for the advice, I will have to calculate its effect on the credit.

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