The Environment Agency and CL:AIRE undertook research to provide an analysis of the Definition of Waste: Development Industry Code of Practice (DoW CoP) use in London and the South East. The project focused on the impact the use of the DoW CoP is having on materials reuse and sustainable remediation of brownfield land in London and the South East.
The objectives of the research were to show how the DoW CoP is contributing to:-
more brownfield land being reused;
resources being managed more sustainably;
use of more sustainable remediation practices; and
carbon reductions.
The project was split into two phases; the first phase consisted of an audit of 32 projects in London and the South East. The main aim of Phase 1 was to show that the DoW CoP is contributing to more land being reused.
Phase 1 was also used to:-
Gain information to demonstrate that the DoW CoP is being applied as it is intended;
Identify where the DoW CoP could be improved; and
Encourage development of future work.
In the second phase, basic sustainability assessments were undertaken comparing material management using the DoW CoP with an alternative option (Dig & Dump). Three projects which were audited in the first phase were selected for the Phase 2 sustainability assessment. Each of these projects fell under a separate DoW CoP scenario (Site of Origin, Direct Transfer and Cluster).
