Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 76.52
Liaison Maria Kirrane
Submission Date July 28, 2022

STARS v2.2

University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork
OP-19: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.60 / 1.00 Gavin Douglas
Waste management
Waste Management Solutions
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Construction and demolition materials recycled, donated, or otherwise recovered:
29.30 Metric tons

Construction and demolition materials landfilled or incinerated:
19.50 Metric tons

Percentage of construction and demolition materials diverted from the landfill or incinerator through recycling, donation and/or other forms of recovery:
60.04

Optional Fields 

A brief description of programs, policies, infrastructure investments, outreach efforts, and/or other factors that contributed to the diversion rate for construction and demolition waste:
Capital Project design guidance states that design and construction should be BREEAM Excellent. BREEAM Excellent aims to promote resource efficiency via the effective management and reduction of construction waste.

Website URL where information about the institution’s C&D waste diversion efforts is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Tonnage based 2019 figures for on O'Donoghues Skip Hire figures provided by Gavin Douglas Waste Management Solutions. The demolition and heavy waste generation aspects of the Hub construction were largely completed by end of 2018.
2020 and 2021 data are not reported to avoid distortion due to campus closure in response to COVID-19.

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