The Quality Protocol

The ‘Quality Protocol’ is a quality management system published by WRAP and the Highways Agency. Two versions are available as indicated below:

• England & Wales:  The Quality Protocol for the Production of Aggregates from Inert Waste (197 kb)
• Scotland:  Quality Protocol for the Production of Aggregates from Inert Waste in Scotland (308 kb)

In summary, the Quality Protocol provides the following:

• It provides reprocessors / suppliers with a procedure to control the quality of recycled and secondary aggregates for sale as construction materials, or as constituents in a product, e.g. concrete or asphalt.
• It recommends minimum frequencies of inspection and testing.
• It aims to allow suppliers to provide adequate assurance that their products conform to relevant technical specifications or certified characteristics.

To support the above and to provide specifiers with confidence that their specifications will be met consistently, producers of recycled aggregates must recover waste material in a way which makes it ‘fit for purpose’.

Go To:

• Reprocessors / Suppliers  – use the 'Quality Protocol' as a quality management scheme
• Supply Chain Overview: Demolition – view the ‘Quality Protocol’ within the supply chain flowchart
• Supply Chain Overview: New Build – view the ‘Quality Protocol’ within the supply chain flowchart