It’s time to take control of construction waste

By Chris Clarke 2024-08-30T06:00:00

We have the technology to radically redesign our approach to waste. The government should act to make sure that we use these digital tools, says Chris Clarke at Scape

Every single day, the UK construction industry produces enough waste to fill the Tottenham Hotspur football stadium. This equates to a staggering 165,000 tonnes.

That is an incredible statistic, but even more incredible is how little it has changed over the past 15 years. Our design, planning, cost estimation and construction methods continue to treat waste as an inevitable consequence of our work. Even our success criteria focus on mitigating the impact of waste rather than avoiding waste production.

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