SWMP Regulations

Since 2008, a basic  SWMP has been required for all construction projects on one site worth over £300,000. For projects above £500,000, a more detailed SWMP will be required.

WD Environmental Ltd will be able to help you with both, whether you need the SWMP prepared from scratch or to act as  an independent verifier for one you’ve already prepared.

Who should write and implement a SWMP?

The client or principal contractor, depending on the stage of the project. The client is responsible for ensuring that the plan is prepared before construction work begins, however, it may well be more practical for the contractor to prepare the SWMP.

The SWMP should then be passed to the principal contractor, who must update it as work progresses and ensure that workers on the site are aware of the plan and co-operate with it.

Briefly, the law requires you to:

* Estimate the amount and type of waste – for example, inert, non-hazardous, or hazardous – which you expect to be produced.
Show how you intend to improve efficiency in using materials.
* Set out how you intend to reuse, recycle and lawfully dispose of such waste.
* Update the SWMP during the project as necessary.
* Measure actual performance against estimates.

Exclusions

The SWMP Regulations do not apply to construction works taking place at a Part A installation under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 since these sites must already meet pollution prevention controls that include waste minimisation.

Where a nuclear licensed site has an Integrated Waste Strategy (IWS) in place that includes waste from construction activities, a separate SWMP is not required, provided that all the obligations set out in the SWMP Regulations are included in the strategy.