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Construction waste management
BREEAM·clause Wst 01·p.307
The requirement
BREEAM International New Construction Technical Manual clause Wst 01 — words not shown. Read it at the source. The publisher reserves the right to its wording and sells access to it. The clause is held and cited here, and its words are read at the source.
The clause is held and verified. Only its words are withheld.
What the product must meet
The document’s own listing
National recovery rates*: BREEAM target rates for diversion from landfill <50% (by weight)*: Construction = 60% (by weight) or 50% (by volume) 250% (by weight)*: Construction = 10% improvement over national rate (up to where 95% of total waste created is diverted from landfill) < 60% (by weight)*: Demolition = 70% (by weight) or 60% (by volume) 2 60% (by weight)*: Demolition = 10% improvement over national rate (up to where 95% of total waste created is diverted from landfill)
The document’s own compact listing of the limits, as harvested.
- Exemptions
- *Where the national waste recovery rate is reported for both construction and demolition waste together, the same target should be used for both types of waste. For the project to achieve the credit, both construction and demolition waste (reported separately) must meet the target.
How it is proven
- Who checks it
- Independent body verifies — a certifier, auditor or verifier with no stake
How Klar Cite classifies it
Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.
- What it asks
- Meet — a limit, condition or outcome the product must satisfy
- Standing
- Required — must be met for the credential
- Impact area
- Circular Economy — the CMF area the clause addresses
- Refers to
- Table 49 — places elsewhere in the document
Cite this clause
BREEAM · BREEAM International New Construction Technical Manual · version v6.0 · clause Wst 01 · page 307 · build 2026-10-05-0439 · https://klarcite.com/r/ba7574503ca8548d
Record details
Page 307. Read in build 2026-10-05-0439, harvested 2026-10-05.
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