Architect in Spain: waste

Waste Management in Demolition Projects in Spain (II)

Obligations of the Waste Producer. Content of the Management Study.

In Spain, every Producer of demolition waste must meet the following requirements:

adding a Waste Management Study to the Construction Documents of the Demolition Project
including, in the Waste Management Study, an inventory of all the hazardous waste that can be generated
providing the selective removal of the hazardous waste, in order to avoid the mixing with other kinds of waste
ensuring the delivery of the hazardous waste to authorized managers
managing the demolition waste on-site, or delivering them to a Recovery or Disposal Facility, for treatment by an authorized Waste Manager
having documentation proving that all the demolition waste actually produced have been managed under the terms established in Spanish Royal Decree 105/2008 and in the Waste Management Study of the Demolition Project, and keeping it for at least five years
in case of demolition works subject to planning permission, providing, where appropriate, the bond or financial warranty needed to ensure compliance with the requirements of the license in relation to the Waste Management.

Content of the Demolition Waste Management Study

Every Demolition Waste Management Study should contain, at least, the subsequent information:

an estimate of the amount of demolition waste that will be generated in the works, expressed in tons and cubic meters
on-site measures for waste prevention
reuse, recovery or disposal operations to perform on the waste
on-site measures for the separation of the waste
plans describing the facilities where the demolition waste will be stored, handled, separated and will be subject of any other management operations on-site
reference to the part, inside the Document of Specific Technical Requirements, that has relation with the storage, handling, separation and other management operations to apply on the demolition waste on-site
assessment about the expected cost of the Demolition Waste Management, which should be a separate chapter inside the Schedule of Construction Costs.

Exemptions

The referred obligations are not applicable to Demolition Waste Producers in minor construction or repair works for homes, which are only subject to the requirements laid down by local authorities in their respective bylaws.

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Waste Management in Demolition Projects in Spain (I)

Demolition Works. The Producer and the Holder of the Waste.

One of the objectives of the Spanish Royal Decree 105/2008, on the Production and Management of Construction and Demolition Waste, is the establishment of a legal framework for the production and management of waste from demolition works, in order to encourage its valuation through the following ways:

preventing
reusing
recycling
other forms.

The Decree provides also that demolition waste intended for disposal operations must receive adequate treatment.

The Demolition Works

Spanish Royal Decree 105/2008 defines the demolition works as those involved in the demolition of a building, a sports facility, a leisure facility or civil engineering works. Any facility that provides exclusive service to the demolition work, such as treatment facilities for the waste, will be considered a part of the demolition work.

Producer of the Demolition Waste

The Producer of the demolition waste ('Productor' in Spanish) is the owner of the demolition permit. If the demolition work does not require any permit, the Producer will be the legal owner of the property where the demolition works will be located. The importers or purchasers of demolition waste in any state of the European Union will also be considered Demolition Waste Producers.

Holder of the Demolition Waste

The Holder of the demolition waste ('Poseedor' in Spanish) is any person who has possession of the demolition waste without being a Waste Manager. In any case, the person or company who performs the demolition works will be considered Demolition Waste Holder, and that may include:

the building company
the subcontractors
the freelancers.

The labors will never be considered Demolition Waste Holders.