Construction Recycling

As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainable development, Lester Group has established a company that specialises in collecting and processing construction and demolition waste to produce recycled materials for the building and construction industries.

Commencing in 2006, C&D Recycling is strategically located at Hazelmere, close to some of the busiest building development sites in the Perth metropolitan area.

Demolition and building contractors can deliver their waste to C&D faster, and at a lower cost, than using Perth's overworked landfill system. The process thus has environmental as well as cost benefits to industry and the community.

Builders and contractors can specify recycled materials at costs usually lower than the cost of virgin materials. Recycled products produced at the Hazelmere facility are tested for contaminants prior to sale in accordance with Department of Environment and Conservation Guidelines

In two years, the company has recycled over 150,000 cubic metres of waste that would otherwise have found its way to landfill.

Products and Services

The company markets three primary products:

Clean Fill

Clean fill is recycled sand that is used by civil construction contractors as structural fill, house pad sand or embankment fill instead of using virgin sandpit product.

Recycled Road Base (RCRB)

C&D Recycling crushes concrete, bricks, bitumen, limestone, asphalt and rock to produce a road base suitable for sub-base and road base constructions for local and major roadworks. The product meets the latest MRWA specifications.

Users include local councils, civil contractors and earthmoving companies.

C&D recently established an important new benchmark in WA road construction when its RCRB was selected as base and sub-base for a major road project in the City of Canning. This was the first major use of RCRB on a main road in metropolitan Perth and has attracted the attention of many other local authorities.

Recycled Drainage Aggregates

Recycled drainage aggregates are also made from crushed concrete, bricks and asphalt waste to produce sub-surface drainage and filter aggregate for civil construction.

C&D Trading

C&D Recycling is open for commercial and government clients, five days per week, and employs eight local staff. A feature of the service is a very fast turnaround time for trucks delivering waste. Allowing for the additional travelling time to tips, delivering waste direct to C&D can save an operator literally hours on every delivery and at a lower cost.

Environmental Considerations

C&D is one of four major construction waste recyclers in the Perth metropolitan area, all of whom are committed to increase the use of recycled materials in WA building and civil engineering. A concerted campaign to achieve this is being carried out on an ongoing basis by the State Construction and Demolition Working Group, of which C&D Managing Director, Adrian Lester, is Chairman. The Group, a division of the Waste Management Association of Australia, is currently carrying out extensive testing to demonstrate the industry's capacity to produce material that meets MRWA specifications consistently and in the volumes required by industry.

The Group's longer-term aim is to achieve a total ban on construction and demolition waste to landfill. Currently 50% of all waste going to landfill in Perth is recyclable construction materials.

For further information contact Adrian Lester on 08 9423 5100.

Lester Group Pty Ltd
Level 2, 47 Stirling Highway
Nedlands 6009 WA		 Postal Address:
PO Box 1110
Nedlands WA 6909
Telephone:
Facsimile:
International: 		08 9423 5100
08 9423 5199
+61 8 9423 5100