Lester Group established a company that
specialied 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. The company ceased trading in May 2011.
Demolition and building contractors delivered their waste to C&D faster,
and at a lower cost, than using Perth's overworked landfill system.
The process had environmental as well as cost benefits to industry
and the community.
Recycled products produced
at the Hazelmere facility were 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.
The company marketed 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 crushed 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 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 was 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. 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.
