New system for demolition waste management in Belgium
19/01/2015
The Confederation of Demolition and Dismantling Contractors from Belgium, CASO, together with other related industries, created TRACIMAT.
In the summer of 2014 the Flemish Building Confederation (VCB), the Confederation of demolition and dismantling contractors (CASO), the Federation of producers of recycled aggregates (FPRG) and the Organization of consulting engineers – and consultancies (ORI), created a new system to handle and track all demolition and decontamination waste.
This new system, called TRACIMAT, follows on the standards developed for contaminated soil in Belgium, adapting a similar methodology to demolition and decontamination sites.
Prior to the demolition and/or decontamination of a building (or infrastructure), an expert will do an inventory about all the waste and hazardous substances found.
Following this initial inventory, demolition and/or decontamination works will carry on, with the obligation of contractors to handle properly each waste stream and provide the documents to justify all the recycling or disposal operations.
TRACIMAT will work all the way through from the identification, track and certification.
It will even provide the guidelines on how to act in the case that unexpected waste materials are found during the demolition works.
This new system will start to be implemented during 2015, and will become the standard for the Flemish region once it gets the final approval from the authorities.
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