In the cost breakdowns we see, rubble rarely appears as its own line. It turns up at the end, as haulage, or it does not appear at all and gets paid out of pocket when the skip lorry arrives. The Codul urbanismului treats it differently: as an obligation, with a document behind it and a clear rule about who bears the cost.
The duty is not merely to get rid of it
Article 394 paragraph (2) item c) requires the holder of a building or demolition permit to have a plan for preventing and reducing waste quantities and for managing the waste produced. Not a haulage invoice at the end, but a plan drawn up beforehand.
What surprises people is the rest of that same item: the duty applies equally to the beneficiary of works carried out under the simplified notification procedure. The notification regime removes a great deal of what is asked of you, but it does not remove this. What falls away and what remains is covered in after the notification, what is no longer asked.
The cost has a named bearer
Item g) of the same paragraph says plainly that the costs of waste management operations are borne by the waste producer. That is not a statement of principle, it is the rule by which invoices are split on site.
Paragraph (3) adds who is responsible: responsibility for managing construction waste belongs to the developer, the producer and the contractor. Three categories, not one, which means responsibility does not transfer wholesale by contract to whoever does the hauling.
Separate collection is the floor, not the option
Item b) requires producers and holders of construction waste to collect at least paper, metal, plastic and glass separately. Item a) requires legal entities to classify and code the waste, then draw up a list of it.
For a private individual as beneficiary the coding duty does not apply; the plan under item c), by contrast, is tied to being the permit holder or the beneficiary of notified works, not to legal form. It is worth reading alongside the other duties that start with the site, in the order of the steps.
Why it matters to the budget, not just to compliance
Item e) requires holders to manage construction waste so as to reach a level of preparation for reuse, recycling and other material recovery operations. Item f) requires whatever was not recovered to be disposed of safely.
The cost difference between hauling everything mixed and separating by stream is not theoretical, and the decision gets made at the start of the works, when the platforms and skips are set out, rather than at the end. What the rest of the bill is made of is in the cost of a permit, in layers, and why we cannot quote a figure for your town in what it costs where you are.
If your works fall under the simplified procedure, the conditions are on the notification page.
This article is analysis, not legal advice. The provisions cited are from Legea 169/2026, published in Monitorul Oficial no. 661 of 10 August 2026. Check your own situation with the issuing authority.