Analysis of the construction site waste management plans in Bulgaria, adopted in the period 2015-2017

Abstract

At the end of 2017, a new “Ordinance on construction and demolition waste management and use of recycled building materials” was adopted in Bulgaria without assessing the application of the existing one. Then and until now, there is no reliable public data available on construction and demolition waste, based on which to make a statistical assessment and make management decisions. To clarify the manner of preparation and implementation of construction site waste management plans, a study of existing accepted projects was conducted. They were evaluated based on their content, chosen measures, and recognition of the application of priority order (hierarchy) in the management of the generated construction and demolition waste. Based on the analysis, it is argued that to make the Ordinance on construction and demolition waste management more effective, it should be accompanied by increasing the reliability and quality of waste data, implementing specific management decisions based on knowledge of material flows, development of a market for reused construction products and specialization of the designers of these plans.