WMP (Waste Management Plan)
A WMP (Waste Management Plan) is a DA or CDC condition requiring builders to document how demolition and construction waste will be sorted, disposed of, and recycled.
Ask Chalkline about this →A Waste Management Plan (WMP) is a document that sets out how waste generated during demolition and construction will be managed: what materials will be sorted and recycled, what will go to landfill, and which licensed facilities will receive each waste stream. A WMP is a standard condition attached to Development Approvals (DAs) and, on some sites, Complying Development Certificates (CDCs) for demolition and new construction work in NSW. The builder or demolition contractor is responsible for preparing the WMP and providing documentary evidence of compliant disposal (receipts from licensed facilities) as part of the DA compliance record.
On a demolition job, the WMP typically covers concrete (crush and reuse as fill), bricks and masonry (recycling), timber (resale, mulching, or landfill), steel (scrap metal recycling), asbestos-containing materials (licensed hazardous waste facility, separate stream), and general mixed waste. Diverting materials from landfill is both a cost reduction (lower tip fees) and a DA compliance obligation where the council has specified recycling targets.
Also known as: waste management plan, demolition waste management plan
Category: Approvals / site management
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See also
- Development Application (DA) (glossary)
- Complying Development Certificate (CDC) (glossary)
- Scope of works (glossary)
Last updated: 2026-05-10. Verified: 2026-05-10. Quarterly review for currency.