ABSTRACT
Waste is the opposite of sustainability. Waste costs money, it demoralises people and it literally costs the earth. In construction, we make a lot of it, over 100 M tonnes worth every year. My approach to waste is broader than the conventional sustainability/environmental management view of waste – in other words, more than skips and bins, or reuse or recycling. Waste is an example of companies doing business poorly or individuals working ineffectively. Reducing waste is probably one of the most direct way of doing sustainability.
