Since the 6th of April 2008 SWMP’s are now a legal requirement in England for construction projects worth over £300,000.

What is a SWMP?

A SWMP is a document outlining the waste management methods for the delivery and disposal throughout all stages of a construction project costing £300,000 and above.

A typical SWMP will identify the following:

• Who is responsible for the resource management?
• What types of waste will be generated?
• How the waste will be managed – will it be reduced, reused or recycled?
• Which contractors will be used to ensure the waste is correctly recycled or disposed of responsibly and legally?
• How the quantity of waste generated from the project will be measured.

Why have a SWMP?

Having a SWMP shows environmental awareness and responsibility when dealing with your waste.

SWMP’s can greatly reduce the amount of waste that construction projects produce by using the reduce, reuse and recycle waste hierarchy helping to avoid the use of landfill.

SWMP’s can also save you money - Managing your materials efficiently can immediately cut costs and improve the environmental impact of your works.

Better handling and storage of materials can reduce waste and enable better recovery helping recycling and reusing.

Once an SWMP is complete it becomes a useful tool that shows how resources have been used and waste managed, giving you valuable information for the future and a clear waste audit trail.

The All Clear Company can manage all of you waste needs from:

• SWMP’s
• On site segregation advice and guidance
• Collection of waste
• Full waste audits trails

Give our solutions Team a call free on: 0800 169 3633 and see what The All Clear Company can do for you.