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Recycled Content

Information on how you can include more recycled content in your construction products and how to ask for products with high recycled content.

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Recycled Product Guide

An on-line and downloadable guide which provides details of a range of products and materials with higher recycled content commonly used in construction projects.

Recycled Content

Delivering higher recycled content in construction projects

This guide is for construction clients, developers, designers, contractors and public bodies. It shows that requiring projects to exceed a minimum level of recycled content is commercially sensible, good for the environment and achievable at no additional cost.

The client requirement as acatalyst for improvement

Recycled content process

An overview of the process for setting requirements for recycled content in construction projects

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Reclaimed building products guide

A guide to procuring reclaimed building products and materials for use in construction projects.

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Rules of Thumb guide

This guide will help manufacturers of products containing recycled content to accurately calculate and declare the amount of recycled content.

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Environmental impact study

A study assessing 14 mainstream construction products across twelve different environmental performance indicators, comparing products with standard levels of recycled content with those with good practice levels.

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Recyclability Metric

A guide outlining how to measure recyclability in construction projects.

The Net Waste Tool

Recycled Content Toolkit

The Recycled Content Toolkit has been replaced by the Net Waste Tool, which calculates the waste arising on your construction project, as well as the recycled content levels and improvement potential.