Mandatory pre-demolition audits for private works and Site Waste Management Plans in Rome Municipali

The initiative taken by Rome Municipality was triggered by the problem of frequent illegal disposal of C&D inert waste on the municipal territory, mainly by small construction companies escaping the control of the waste tracking systems, mandatory only for larger companies
In order to stop fly-tipping of inert waste, since 2016 Rome Municipality has made waste management plans mandatory for all private works, also the small ones producing a maximum of 30 m3 of non-hazardous C&D waste, in a simplified form. A “Waste Production Declaration” must be produced together with the request of building permit/authorisation for maintenance before the works begin. This obligation entails the early estimation of the C&D waste to be produced during the works, as in proper pre-demolition audits. In fact, the Declaration must include a list of the envisaged waste fractions, of the relative weight/volume, and the identification of the recycling facilities to which the waste will be delivered. At the end of works, all certifications demonstrating that waste was transported/recycled/disposed of correctly must be presented to the Municipal Offices. The stakeholders involved in the practice are private contractors, architects/engineers in charge of producing the estimation of C&D waste that needs to be inserted in the “Waste Production Declaration”, as well as the construction companies that need to prove that the waste has been disposed of accordingly with the waste management plans’ previsions