What do do with waste let's have your ideas..

[SuperJohnG]

I've not had a skip on site yet and kit it.most of the way up. Any rubbish I take myself to the local dump on a Saturday morning. 

 

I hate stuff going in landfill but I'm also realistic in that sometimes it just has to happen. 

 

Although I've a few items that I can't see any way to get rid of them but landfill but seems wasteful. 

 

UfH pipes  that are left over 

 

 SIPS packer panels which they were shipped with

 

And some EPS sheets from the insulated foundation...and ideas how to reuse or discard any of them better tha going in landfill ? 

 

 

[Jilly]

Have you tried Freecycle? Lots of creative folk who care about the environment as well as people just wanting a freebie. 

[Conor]

Should be able to sell the UFH pipes easily enough on gumtree, looks like you've a fair amount.

 

I searched high and low for EPS recyclers and found none in my area at all. Very disappointing as I've disposed of several cube bags worth of ICF off cuts.

Edited May 28, 2021 by Conor

[LA3222]

Mate you will soon come to realise just how much trash is generated from building a single house. I have to go to the dump every couple of weeks with a car full, it's insane the sheer volume of trash that must be generated by the building industry. The kicker is that there is not a great deal you can do with most of it, the waste seems almost inevitable.

[SuperJohnG]

47 minutes ago, Conor said:

Should be able to sell the UFH pipes easily enough on gumtree, looks like you've a fair amount

I seem to but all shortish lengths of 5-20m. 

 

47 minutes ago, Conor said:

 

I searched high and low for EPS recyclers and found none in my area at all. Very disappointing as I've disposed of several cube bags worth of ICF off cuts

I know thw SIPS folk recycle the eps they don't use. Melt it down into hard blocks then ship it to China believe it or not to be used for making things in moulds. 

[dpmiller]

31 minutes ago, SuperJohnG said:

I seem to but all shortish lengths of 5-20m. 

Buy loadsa 16mm fittings and use it for your first fix plumbing too? I thought about it, but the ease of working in 10 and 15mm put me off tbh.

[TonyT]

Move it to a corner of the plot that’s away from the house and then advertise on the local free sites, advising to help yourself.

let the local college know they may be interested in small items to help teach newbies or the art college may stick it on a canvas and sell it back to you.

[ToughButterCup]

When space allows, slip some build waste into your standard domestic bin.

Also pop 20 quid into your bin-mens Thank You card at Christmas . Plus a massive piece of Christmas cake each. Always give the lads a wave and a smile.

 

5 years, two skips....

[ProDave]

I job I was working on, the builder had "solved" the waste disposal problem in a creative fashion.

 

I needed to pull some new cables up an existing stud wall.  When i cut the hole for the switch box, I found the "cavity" had been filled by stacking up all the odd offcuts of plasterboard on end.  Yes it was a right mare to pull a new cable through that lot.

[Vijay]

24 minutes ago, ToughButterCup said:

When space allows, slip some build waste into your standard domestic bin.

Also pop 20 quid into your bin-mens Thank You card at Christmas . Plus a massive piece of Christmas cake each. Always give the lads a wave and a smile.

 

5 years, two skips....

In London that have cameras on the lorries to stop that

[SteamyTea]

42 minutes ago, TonyT said:

or the art college may stick it on a canvas and sell it back to you.

Or just stick it on some OSB and call it;

"My Building Journey"

 

I stuck some broken slates on a board and got £800 for it once.