Government Decision on Construction Waste (No. 295 of 1997).

This Decision applies to construction planning and to construction and waste deriving from it. The purpose of this Decision is to reduce the quantity and harmfulness of construction waste and increase its recovery. This Decision does not apply to construction sites where the quantity of resulting construction waste other than soil, rock and dredging waste is not more than 5 tons, or where the quantity of soil, rock and dredging waste deriving from it is not more than 800 tons. Similarly, this Decision does not apply to packaging waste and contaminated soil waste. The main contractor or, in the absence of such contractor, the client or other party directing and supervising the construction site. shall, in cooperation with the planners, contractors and other parties to the construction project, plan and implement the construction in accordance with section 4 of the Waste Act, taking particular care to: minimize the generation of construction waste and separate useable objects and substances from it, reusing them as far as possible; use construction materials sparingly, replacing them as far as possible with waste suitable for construction purposes; and ensure that construction waste generated does not result in hazard or harm to health or the environment, or does not significantly hamper or complicate the organization of waste management.