Calls to reclassify crushed concrete to give construction industry environmentally friendly option of recycling

The construction industry has called on the State’s environmental watchdog to reclassify for recycling and reuse the same kind of demolition rubble which is at the centre of enforcement action on a strategic site in Cork city.

The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) said the situation on the BAM-owned site on Sullivan’s Quay is a “perfect example” of the difficulties that many contractors face in managing “crushed concrete” because there is no place in Cork to process it. The nearest licensed facility is in Waterford.