Green Building with BREEAM Waste Wst 1: Construction site management Criteria Hilti contribution Aim Hilti solves the issue of construction waste management with a four-layered approach To promote resource efficiency via the consisting of reuse, recycling, incineration with energy recovery, and minimal landfill effective and appropriate management of disposal. Hilti tries to reuse and recycle as many products and product parts as pos- construction site waste. sible to reduce the environmental impact of building activities. Assessment criteria: Reusable Hilti products Credits are awarded for effective waste Several Hilti products are designed for reuse. Some examples are: management planning, targeted waste reduction and specific diversion of waste • Hilti Clean-Tec cartridges designed with a numbering system to allow reinsertion into from landfill. the tool which facilitates full productivity from each strip and changes the nature of waste to leave fully recyclable empty cartridge strips; Diversion from landfill: • Unique HIT foil resin packs are designed to dispense an exact dosage of resin and Any waste management operation that can be reused for multiple applications; diverts construction and demolition • Hilti Firestop Bricks, cushions and plugs are designed to provide passive fire resist- waste material from the waste stream ance for multiple cable penetrations, where access is required to add new cables and which results in productive use will over the years. Existing cables can also be removed and the resulting holes can be be considered as acceptable for the closed with minimum effort. If we take a closer look at the CP 651N firestop cushion, purpose of the third credit. Acceptable we see that no material waste is created as cushions can be reused, no waste and routes are as follows: dust is generated at all during installation or during repenetration. • Reused on site in-situ for new Hilti products that can be recycled: applications Hilti products are designed with a cradle-to-cradle approach to leave as little residual • Reused on other sites waste as possible at end of life. Indeed many products or product components can be • Returned to the supplier via a fully recycled at end of life. For example, more than 98 percent of the components in “take-back” scheme the Hilti TE 6-A36-AVR cordless lithium ion rotary hammer drill (including the battery pack) can be recycled or recovered at end of life. Hilti provides free of charge tool and battery take back facilities throughout our network of Hilti Centres across the UK and encourages customers to utilise this service to ensure Hilti tools are treated in an envi- ronmentally sensitive manner at end of life. page 18