ASTM E3073-17

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Designation: E3073 − 17
Standard Guide for
Development of Waste Management Plan for Construction,
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Deconstruction, or Demolition Projects
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E3073; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
1.1 The purpose of this guide is to facilitate development of
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
a waste management plan for construction, deconstruction, or
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
demolition projects (hereafter, construction waste management
(CWM) plan).
2. Referenced Documents
1.2 This guide applies to CWM plans developed for
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2.1 ASTM Standard:
construction, renovation, deconstruction, and demolition of
E2114 Terminology for Sustainability Relative to the Perfor-
buildings,factories,parkingstructures,andanyotherstructure,
mance of Buildings
as well as above- and below-ground infrastructure.
1.3 This guide includes CWM plan guidance for the wastes
3. Terminology
generated on-site during construction, deconstruction, and
demolition projects. 3.1 Definitions—For definitions related to sustainability re-
lated to the performance of buildings, see Terminology E2114.
NOTE 1—For example, included is any waste generated during these
activities such as structural and finish materials and construction chemi-
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
cals; construction product and materials packaging; construction office
3.2.1 comingle, v—to blend multiple types of waste into a
waste, including paper documents; wastes from site development work,
single container.
such as excavated soils, rocks, vegetation, and stumps; and other ancillary
items, such as broken tools, safety materials/personal protective
3.2.1.1 Discussion—In the case of comingled materials, a
equipment, and food and beverages and their packaging. The list of items
third party will sort and quantify the amount of each material
above is offered for illustration purposes only; it is not intended to be fully
or group of material types, with the goal of sending each
inclusive of all materials from a construction, deconstruction, or demoli-
stream for reuse, recycling, or other disposition. Material type
tion project that are suitable for reuse, repurposing, manufacturer
reclamation, composting, and recycling. may be paper, recyclable plastics, unrecyclable plastics, and so
forth,andmayvarywiththelocalcapabilitiestorecycle,reuse,
1.4 Waste generated in the manufacture, preparation, or
or carry out other dispositions. Even with comingling, some
fabricationofmaterialsbeforedeliverytothejobsitearenotin
on-site separation may be required.
the scope of this guide.
3.2.2 construction waste management (CWM) plan,
1.5 This guide does not change or substitute for any federal,
n—document that describes the intended actions to manage
state, or local statutory or regulatory provisions or require-
discarded materials based on consideration of the type and
ments related to the handling, control, containment, transport,
volume of materials, region, infrastructure available, and
or disposition of any particular material.
life-cycle analysis (when available) and tracks the materials to
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the
be managed.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
3.2.2.1 Discussion—Tracked material pathways may in-
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
clude landfills, combustion facilities (waste to energy, invasive
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
species control, and biomass production facilities) reuse,
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
repurposing, manufacturer reclamation, composting, recycling,
1.7 This international standard was developed in accor-
and other methods.
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
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This guide is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee E60 on Sustainability
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and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E60.01 on Buildings and Construc- For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2017. Published January 2018. DOI: 10.1520/ Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
E3073-17. the ASTM website.
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