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Construction and demolition waste can be regulated in four ways: <br />* using planning requirements, <br />* by requiring job site separation, <br />* requiring separation by the hauler, and <br />* at the landfill /management site. <br />In addition, prior information and education of designers, builders and developers can take place <br />that creates the potential to reduce waste through efficient design. An example of this approach <br />is Waste Spec, the publication produced by Triangle J Council of governments that provides <br />designers and architects with model specifications for how to handle every aspect of construction <br />and demolition waste. Use of these specifications has been proven in specific case studies <br />documented by the COG (attachment 4 -1) to reduce waste management costs at most <br />construction projects where the specs were applied. The most effective approach to reducing the <br />amount of construction waste landfilled would integrate all these methods. <br />1.Plannin,Q for waste reduction: <br />As a condition of granting permits to develop, a government could require that each developer <br />submit a plan demonstrating how they intend to manage the discards from the construction and <br />demolition process at the proposed development. For example: The Town of Chapel Hill now <br />requires a solid waste plan submittal for any project requiring a special use permit or zoning <br />compliance permit. The Solid Waste Management Department manages this function as well as <br />provides information on construction materials with recycled content. <br />The Town's Development Ordinance requires that the project developer submit a solid waste <br />plan that states: <br />How he /she will reduce and recycle construction and demolition waste generated at the job site. <br />How recyclable materials generated at the completed facility will be handled, including the <br />number and location of containers and how service vehicles will be able to access them. <br />The Town's solid waste plan requirement creates an opportunity to educate designers, developers <br />and builders on construction waste reduction and recycling, but as it is currently written, there is <br />no requirement to implement the parts of the plan that address how material could be recycled <br />from the job site. Only section b, requiring that some outdoor space be allocated for recycling, is <br />enforceable undercurrent Town Development Ordinance. The solid waste plan requirement is <br />currently being re -written to strengthen and streamline it. <br />W <br />