Guidance Manual on Waste recycling in construction work.

This Guidance Manual seeks to provide directions for the recycling of waste that originates from building activities. It is also about the assessment whether there are environmental or health risks associated with such waste. The Guidance Manual seeks to set standard rules for such assessment. The National Waste Plan of 2005 requires the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency to develop guidance to ensure a low environmental impact from waste recycling for construction purposes. Waste is partly defined by the Environmental Code and the Waste Framework Directive.
Waste is used in some contexts to add nutrients to agricultural land (sludge, compost soil) or woodland (ash). Ash, compost soil and sludge can at such uses replace conventional products used for their nutritional content. Such use is not covered by the Manual because the use does not refer to construction purposes. There are special limit values for the use of sludge on agricultural land. On the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's website, we describe what applies to sewage sludge. For the use of ash to add nutrients to forest, the Swedish Forest Agency has made recommendations. These are available on the Swedish Forest Agency's website and are available also a link to this report in the reference list.
The Manual is also about the protection of (drinking) water resources. certain activities require a permit. For such activities the applicant must submit an annual environmental report to the supervisory authority in accordance with Chapter 26, Section 20 of the Environmental Code.