RESEARCH ARTICLE
Demolition Waste Management in Spanish Legislation
Madelyn Marrero *, Jaime Solis-Guzman , Borja Molero Alonso , Manuel Osuna-Rodriguez , Antonio Ramirez-de-Arellano
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2011Volume: 5
First Page: 162
Last Page: 173
Publisher ID: TOBCTJ-5-162
DOI: 10.2174/1874836801105010162
Article History:
Received Date: 11/10/2011Revision Received Date: 22/10/2011
Acceptance Date: 25/10/2011
Electronic publication date: 22/12/2011
Collection year: 2011
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
In 2008, a legal frame was established in Spain for construction and demolition waste management. The new control model, called the Alcores model, presents a waste management closed loop and was previously tested in Seville in order to demonstrate its viability. In current demolition projects, specific barriers arise which limit the frame implementation. Until recently, demolition was considered a low technical process. The contractor's main goals were quick demolition and disposal of the debris, usually uncontrolled, into landfills. No special measures for separating different material types were taken due to their incompatibility with the work time-span required. The present work establishes a simplified procedure in order to fulfill Spain's legal frame. This procedure determines the management of demolition waste quantities and costs following the Andalusia Construction Information Classification System. The procedure also generates the demolition waste management plan, which includes: previous work, waste quantification, hazardous waste inventory, waste prevention action plans, reuse, valorisation and disposal plan, separation plan, technical drawings, technical instructions, and budget. Finally, as an example, the procedure is applied to a school demolition project.