Waste Archive Enabling Zero Waste

Development at the care home site at Castleton. This project was completed in June 2015.

Enabling Zero Waste Bryn Ivor Report
Enabling Zero Waste Castleton Care Home, Newport 
Galluogi Dyfodol Diwastraff Cartref Gofal Castleton Casnewydd
Bryn Ivor Lodge Casbach (Welsh)
Bryn Ivor Lodge, Castleton (English)

Work in progress at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea due for completion October 2015. 

EZW Glynn Vivian Report

Enabling Zero Waste Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea

Galluogi Dyfodol Diwastraff Oriel Gelf Glynn Vivian Abertawe

Progress continues at Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff Bay

Enabling Zero Waste Ice Arena Wales Report Cardiff

Enabling Zero Waste Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff

Galluogi Dyfodol Diwastraff Canolfan Ia Cymru, Caerdydd

Millbank Primary School, Cardiff. Photograph taken near to the completion of the refit and extension works. This project was completed in January 2015. 

Enabling Zero Waste Millbank Primary School, Cardiff 

Galluogi Dyfodol Diwastraff Ysgol Gynradd Millbank, Caerdydd

Millbank Primary School - Case Study

Coatech installed approximately 4,500m2 of resin bonded surfacing as part of the continued development of the sea defence and promenade on Rhyl seafront.

Some of the waste management successes of the project included;

Work on the West Rhyl Sea Defence project has been undertaken by Coatech a specialist contractor and applicator of all types of resin. Coatech is working in partnership with CEW and the Enabling Zero Waste initiative to avert waste generated during the surface dressing of the promenade walkway.

Rhyl Promenade
Sea Defence Works West Rhyl
Atal Llifogydd Gorllewin Y Rhyl 

• A committed and enthusiastic site team
• Segregation of materials
• Approximately nine tonnes of unbound aggregate prevented from being downgraded through the segregation of the aggregate sweepings
• Material reuse
• Small quantities of waste sent to landfill

WRW is working in collaboration with Constructing Excellence in Wales and the Enabling Zero Waste project to avert waste generated during the demolition and new build of Aberystwyth Fire Station.  As part of the Enabling Zero Waste project the particular focus will be to avert waste generated from demolition and to ascertain whether an unusual design results in the unnecessary generation of waste.

Aberystwyth Fire Station Final Report

Aberystwyth Fire Station is a £1.7m value project, constructed by WRW Construction Ltd on behalf of the client, Mid-West Fire Service.

The project programme allowed for a 40 week construction period with 8 weeks included for demolition of the former fire station and five storey drill tower.

Download: Report

Aberystwyth Fire Station Mid Wales 
Gorsaf Dan Aberystwyth Canolbarth Cymru
Download: Interim Report

The project demonstrated excellent waste control and management of waste, with the aggregated landfill diversion rate for all phases of the project at 99.4%. From the beginning of demolition, the importance of good waste segregation practices were highlighted to the site team, to improving resource efficiency. The project utilized circular economy principles including material take back schemes for materials such as Vinyl and Siniat plasterboard to ensure these wastes were not disposed of to landfill.

Constructing Excellence in Wales (CEW) is working with Willmott Dixon Construction Limited and Torfaen County Borough Council as part of the Enabling Zero Waste initiative.
Willmott Dixon has started the construction of three new primary schools in Torfaen. As part of the £15.6million project Willmott Dixon will build:

• Blenheim Road Community Primary School – replacement on the current site, 315 pupil places
• Ysgol Panteg – replacement of the Griffithstown and Kemys Fawr sites on a new site on Station Road, 420 pupil places
• Llantarnam Community Primary School – replacement on the site of Llantarnam secondary school, 315 pupil places

All three primary schools are based on the same design, giving Blenheim Road and Llantarnam the potential to expand to 420 places in the future. It offers the Enabling Zero Waste (EZW) team at CEW a unique opportunity to directly compare waste production, management practices and site behaviours. The EZW team will work in collaboration with Willmott Dixon and their supply chain throughout construction to help identify any opportunities or solutions to reduce waste.

The Garden village is situated in the heart of Newport, previously occupied by the former Pirelli Cables factory. The project consists of a four phase plan with the construction of 250 homes for the Seren Group.

CEW will be working alongside Lovell to compare waste data across the phases and look to reduce waste arisings at every opportunity. Building Information Modelling (BIM) will also be used to examine the potential for visualisation, project management, clash detection, improved efficiencies and waste minimisation.

Construction of the new Parc y Tywyn is underway. The project in Burry Port will provide a Passivhaus and BREEAM Excellent primary school to replace the existing Ysgol Gymraeg Parc y Tywyn.

The Dawnus team have been working with the Enabling Zero Waste team to look at how to best prevent, reuse and recycle waste on the Parc y Tywyn site. Efforts include;

• SMARTWaste training – this been given to help with recording waste data
• Canteen and office waste – separate collections have been arranged to avoiding comingling with construction waste
• Advice on site waste compound – fenced, locked, segregated and with skips away from the site boundary. 

Pentrehafod Secondary School is undergoing major refurbishment work which includes aspects of demolition, new build, extension and refurbishment. Morgan Sindall are undertaking the project to a two-year timetable with no decanting of pupils. The EZW team will offer waste management advice and support throughout the project, whilst encouraging a circular economy approach.

Aberystwyth University and AIEC Limited are working in partnership with Constructing Excellence in Wales to avert waste generated during the upcoming construction of the new Aberystwyth Innovation and Enterprise Campus at Aberystwyth University's Gogerddan site (www.aiec.wales). As part of Enabling Zero Waste, the AIEC project will focus on monitoring waste arising from different activities, identifying any problematic waste streams, establishing benchmarks upon which improvements can be made and identifying opportunities for solutions.

Aberystwyth Innovation and Enterprise Campus (AIEC) will provide world leading facilities and expertise for the agri-tech industry and the bio-science sector. Set between the Cambrian Mountains and the Irish Sea, this £40.5M campus will be a progressive environment to encourage business and academic collaboration to flourish. Aberystwyth Innovation and Enterprise Campus will offer a range of high quality facilities to support innovation, enabling commercial enterprises to grow, prosper and drive economic growth in the food & drink, bio-processing and biotechnology sectors throughout Wales and beyond.

Initiatives planned for the AIEC include:

• Innovation Zone
• Analytical Science Centre
• Future Food Centre
• Bio-refining Centre
• Seed Biobank and Processing Facility

Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd. are the chosen contractor for the scheme. Working with the Enabling Zero Waste team Willmott Dixon are looking to prevent, reuse and recycle as much waste as possible. As part of the EZW initiative CEW will:

• undertake a pre-demolition survey to identify opportunities for reuse/repurposing, material reuse/recycling of the elements identified for demolition.
• carry out a design review in terms of quantifying savings mae between the earlier scopingn site design and current design
• review the final design to examine the material choices with a view to identifying opportunities to increase waste prevented/minimisation, enhance resource efficiency and end of life benefits.

A final planning application for the Campus has submitted to Ceredigion County Council with a decision expected in the Spring of 2017. If planning permission is granted, construction is due to start mid-2017 and is expected to take two years to complete.

CEW is working in partnership with United Living Group as part of the Enabling Zero Waste (EZW) initiative. United Living Group has started work on the ~£8 million regeneration scheme of Pillgwenlly. The Newport City Homes’ scheme aims to tackle anti-social behaviour and as part of the project United Living are demolishing empty homes, underpasses and garages and are building nine one-bedroom flats and two three-bedroom houses as well as a new community hub. The project also involves recladding of a number of the existing buildings to improve their appearance as well as the creation of new areas of open space.

United Living’s first Enabling Zero Waste project is aiming to avert waste generated during the regeneration scheme. As part of EZW the particular focus will be to prevent waste, increase material reuse, use recycled materials and establish best practice and a baseline with regard to waste management performance. Achievements, best practices and lessons learnt will be disseminated as the project progresses.

For further information about the Pillgwenlly Regeneration Scheme please follow @PillRegen_UL or contact Nicole Barnes on 07976 689753 for further information.