Construction site waste management : Roles, responsibilities and obligations

Roles, responsibilities and obligations
Construction site waste management

Publication date: November 10, 2021 | Lire en français

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11. Roles, responsibilities and obligations

11.1 Contractor's liability

The French Environment Code stipulates that "any producer or holder of waste is responsible for its management until its final disposal or recovery, even when the waste is transferred to a third party for treatment". It is therefore the contractor's responsibility to ensure that his service provider is authorized to take charge of his waste, and that its management is carried out in accordance with regulations.

It should be noted that this shared responsibility cannot currently be transferred; in fact, the contractor is responsible for his waste, even when it is no longer in his care. This is why it's so important to keep a close eye on the situation, and to check the authorizations of your service providers. This is because, should one of them fail,...

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(1) - DAMIEN (A.) - Guide du traitement des déchets. Réglementation et choix des procédés. - Dunod (mai 2016).
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FLORIO (F.), TERRIBLE (C.), VINCENT (V.) - Déchets du bâtiment et des travaux publics -

Standards and norms

Concrete – Specification, performance, production and compliance – National supplement to standard NF EN 206 - NF EN 206/CN - Novembre 2014

Regulations

Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of November 19, 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (text with EEA relevance)

Law no. 75-633 of July 15, 1975 on waste disposal and materials recovery

Decision No 2000/532/EC of 03/05/00 replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1^er, point a), of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision...