ESG, Emissions & Reporting — FAQ (Ireland)
Legislation & Copliance for Construction Waste in Ireland
A plain-English guide to doing things right on site—covering permits, duty of care, disposal, and digital record-keeping. Hub360 does not use telematics. We capture real-time, in-app data (photos, timestamps, GPS from the phone, signatures and load details) to deliver defensible, audit-ready proof and to calculate emissions per load, per project, and per subcontractor.
Why proof matters
Most non-compliance issues aren’t deliberate—they’re gaps in records. Missing dockets, unclear load details, or unverified tipping can snowball into fines, delays, and disputes. The fix is a clean evidence trail: who moved what, when, to where, and under whose permit—plus what emissions that activity generated.
What the law expects (overview)
- Duty of Care: Keep materials under control from source to destination. Document transfers.
- Authorised Carriers & Facilities: Use permitted hauliers and licensed/permitted sites.
- Accurate Classification: Record EWC codes, material types, and quantities clearly.
- Records & Retention: Keep auditable records (loads, dates, destinations, signatures, images).
- Site Plans: Operate to a workable C&D Waste Management Plan and keep it live.
Hub360 makes these practical by capturing data at the moment of movement, so your audit pack is already done if you’re asked to produce it.
How Hub360 helps (without telematics)
Hub360 is built for tipper operations, site clearance, and aggregates. We don’t rely on vehicle telematics. Instead, we use fast, in-app capture on the driver and supervisor phones:
- Per-load capture: material type, origin, destination, EWC, photos, weights/volumes, signatures.
- Time & place: phone-based GPS and timestamps at pickup / tip (no black-box hardware required).
- Disposal proof: photo evidence at the facility with location stamp and facility details.
- Digital dockets: no paper chase; instant retrieval and shareable PDF packs.
- Emissions by load/project/subcontractor: calculations tied to the actual movement, not estimates.
- Subbie alignment: subcontractor performance and compliance badges to keep standards tight.
Compliance checklist (use on site)
- Approved carrier and receiving facility confirmed before first load.
- Material type and EWC recorded for every load.
- Pickup and tip captured with timestamp, GPS (from phone), and photos.
- Digital docket signed by driver and site supervisor (as needed).
- Facility ticket or weighbridge photo appended to the load record.
- Subcontractor attributed on each load for accountability and reporting.
- Emissions auto-calculated and visible by load, project, and subcontractor.
- Weekly export of audit pack (PDF/CSV) to client and QS.
FAQs
Make proof the policy
If you’re building housing, roads, or site-clearing at pace, don’t leave compliance to chance. Bake in proof from day one—per load, per subcontractor, per project—and keep your records clean and your programme moving.
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