Construction waste

During the construction or dismantling of buildings and civil engineering structures, large quantities of different materials are produced. They must be separated at the construction site and taken to an approved disposal facility.

Determination of building pollutants:

When infrastructure, industrial, and commercial buildings (regardless of their year of construction) are deconstructed or remodeled, and when an object built before 1990 is deconstructed or remodeled and more than 200 m³ (solid) of deconstruction material is accumulated, a building pollutant determination must be performed by a designated diagnostician (see Ordinary FAGES Members, Diagnostics Division).

The investigation report (building pollutant determination) is to be submitted to the Office of Environment as well as to the Office of National Economy (Worker Protection) in electronic form (e.g. PDF) 

A waste management plan must be submitted to the Office of the Environment prior to the start of construction. No later than four weeks after completion of the construction or demolition work, the Office for the Environment must be provided, without being requested to do so, with proof of disposal in accordance with the form

"Unpolluted excavated material" is legally considered waste. "Uncontaminated excavated material" must in principle be disposed of at an approved inert material or excavated material landfill. An exception to this is mass balancing at a construction site as part of the construction project approved in the building permit procedure.

For the recycling of "unpolluted excavated material" outside the construction zone a permit from the Office for the Environment is required. The recycling of "unpolluted excavated material" within the building zone does not require a permit.

Information on the recycling of mineral construction waste and on the disposal of reclaimed asphalt can be obtained from the following link:

Recycling mineral construction waste 

The days when the path of demolition materials led directly to the landfill are over. Today, the magic word is "deconstruction". Orderly deconstruction creates the prerequisite for the production of high-quality recycled building materials. Thanks to continuous development, these materials are now on a par with conventional materials in terms of both quality and cost. However, they have one significant advantage: the ecological aspect. By using recycled building materials, you not only conserve increasingly scarce raw materials, but also help to save landfill space and keep our landscape as attractive as we know it.

Implementation concept use of recycled building materials in public buildings

In terms of sustainable circular economy, it is imperative to increase the demand for recycled building materials. As a major building owner, the public sector has a special responsibility in this regard and must act as an important role model in the targeted demand for and use of recycled building materials. By including or prescribing relevant requirements in tender and contract documents at an early stage, the use of high-quality recycled building materials can be promoted in a targeted manner. This also applies to the municipalities, which are also addressed to increase the use of recycled building materials.

The implementation concept or the plan of measures should serve as a basis for the responsible authorities of the state and municipalities when using recycled building materials in public buildings.