Dear All,
We attempt for the MRc5 Construction and Demolition Waste Management.
We try to reuse the existing material off-site. Instead of having a third party recycling facility like in the US, there is no such facility in Cambodia and the Client would like to donate these construction materials for their employees who need to reuse to build/fix their home/village. There are two proposed scenarios for how we will proceed and document the process.
Scenario 1
The client surveys internally what is the need of their employees and sign one letter per type of waste stated the total amount of waste he will redistribute internally. In this scenario Archetype witnesses, the contractor is the waste issuer and the client is the waste collector but will redistribute to their employee.
This scenario has the advantage to decrease the paper work as we sign only one letter per waste.
The waste will be with free access for every employee who can pick up what they need.
Scenario 2
The waste collector is not the client but every single employee who wishes to receive paving block, steel or roof sheet.
This scenario is more constraining as it multiplies the number of letter and follow-up and make complicated the respect of the exact kilo per person per waste.
Is donation of recyclable materials to employees by the owner acceptable? What is your advice of these two scenarios of documentation?
Thank you very much,
Tom
Allen Cornett
Sustainable ConsultantINSPEC Sustainability Group LLC
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May 4, 2020 - 6:10 pm
I have not done this since 2010, but I did have a project that an employee took the stone waste home and build a retaining wall with it. The general contractor provided a letter explaining this along with the weight of the material distributed to the employee. For Scenario 1 a letter could be written by the client listing the materials diverted and their associated weights. For Scenario 2 a letter could be written for each individual listing the materials diverted and their associated weight. If one entity or individual is overseeing the distribution of materials to the employees, possibly a spreadsheet could be created with each employee being a line item and values entered for each material type issued to the employee, and this could be submitted along with a letter detailing the procedure to disperse and weigh the materials.
Thomas Tran
May 4, 2020 - 9:33 pm
Thank you Allen for your answer.
I also got feedback from GBCI so I post here if someone has a reference:
Best regards,
Tom
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Donated materials are allowable as long as the donations are measured and documented. In order to count towards diversion, the project team would need to provide formal documentation of each donation, recording the weight or volume of the material donated. A simple log listing who the donated material went to, the material type and weight or volume, and the date it was taken would be sufficient.
Note that general or visual-based estimates of weight or volume are not typically accepted for this credit. What GBCI will be looking for is an accurate estimate or approximation based on some sort of measurement for donated materials. As an example, for donated wood boards, the team might weigh a 12" length of the board and then multiply that weight by an approximate linear feet for all boards donated. The resulting calculation would be an approximated weight, but would be a more accurate than a visual estimate. There isn't a prescribed method for estimating weight or volume, however, we do recommend the team formulate a method that will work for your project as part of the Construction & Demolition Waste Management Plan so that it is easier to implement and track during construction.
An example of an estimated value that would likely not be accepted is if someone from the project team were to estimate off the top of their head a percentage of wood boards that were donated. This would not be accurate enough as far as reporting or tracking the quantity of the donated material.
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