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The amended standard EN15804 was officially released on 30 Oct. This standard provides core product category rules (PCR) for Type III environmental declarations for any construction product and construction service. It describes which stages of the product's life cycle are considered in the EPD. It is now mandatory to cover the end of life stage and to report the additional benefits and burdens resulting from EoL reuse or recycling. This good evolution will help to get higher market acceptance of the environmental credentials of metal building products at end of life and to position them as sustainable solutions for building applications.

Two metal experts contributed to the CEN WS which took place in Brussels on 29 Oct: Bernard Gilmont, Director Engineered Products, European Aluminium, joined the morning panel discussion on CROSS-SECTORIAL NEEDS FOR MATERIALS IN CIRCULAR VALUE-CHAINS while Nick Avery, Life-Cycle Assessment Manager, Eurofer, contributed to the afternoon panel debate on CROSS-SECTORIAL SOLUTIONS & STANDARDIZATION PRIORITIES. It has been the occasion to stress the contribution of metals to the circular economy and the importance to connect life cycle assessment and circularity in order to secure a sound strategy considering in particular the environmental benefits associated with recycling. More info at the following link

METALS FOR BUILDINGS contributed to the Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2019 taking place on 11 - 14 September 2019 in Graz (Autria). Presented at a special session focusing on "Resource efficient buildings - EPD for construction products: End-of-Life information", the paper (see abstract & full paper) explains how recycling at production stage and end of life stage are addressed in EN15804 for metal products.

 

METALS FOR BUILDINGS welcomes the revision clause (Art. 11, new §6 of Directive (EU) 2018/851) that asks the European Commission to consider setting re-use and recycling targets for CDW by December 2024, and urges the European Commission to do so for the whole CDW flow.

Getting the right metrics for metal recycling in standards is essential to support the Circular Economy. Module D in EN15804 provides the full picture for metals.