Industry agrees voluntary code to handle utility waste

09 April 2008

Common standards for alternative reinstatement materials were among commitments made by signatories to a ground-breaking new agreement.

Seeking to cut the 2.5Mt-plus of trench arisings which utilities send to landfill each year, the Utilities Industry Agreement provides the industry with a common approach to improving the environmental impact of its work.

Brokered by the Waste Resources Action Programme, it supports guidance developed by London Highway Authorities and Utilities Committee to facilitate the use of alternative reinstatement materials in roads, while maintaining clients’ confidence.

It is the first construction agreement of its kind to provide a focused and sector-wide approach to waste management, and included Thames Water, National Grid and the London Boroughs of Islington and Bromley in its advisory group.

Bromley’s street works manager, David Lambert, noted: ‘While voluntary, the industry-wide agreement creates peer pressure to facilitate commitment with companies where environmental concerns are not top priority. To make the agreement work, everyone has to buy in to it.’

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