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The State of the Art of Material Flow Analysis Research Based on Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling and Disposal

open access: yesBuildings, 2019
Construction and demolition waste (C&D waste) are widely recognized as the main form municipal solid waste, and its recycling and reuse are an important issue in sustainable city development.
Dongming Guo, Lizhen Huang
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Critical factors to influence the illegal dumping behavior of construction and demolition waste: An ISM-DEMATEL analysis

open access: yesDevelopments in the Built Environment, 2023
Illegal dumping behavior widely exists in the construction industry and is difficult to manage. What factors and how they influence the illegal dumping behavior of construction and demolition waste remains to be clarified.
Hongping Yuan   +4 more
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Management of Household-Generated Construction and Demolition Waste: Circularity Principles and the Attitude of Latvian Residents

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
This study aims to investigate to what extent the construction and demolition waste generated by households is managed by the principles of circularity and to identify the main influencing factors in the behavior of households regarding the circularity ...
Inese Mavlutova   +3 more
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Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) Recycling

open access: yes15th Mediterranean Congress of Chemical Engineering (MeCCE-15) Abstracts Publication, 2023
The building industry, even though it contributes significantly to a nation’s socioeconomic development, is directly responsible for negative environmental effects including high-energy use and CO2 emission, among others. In addition, large quantities of non-biodegradable construction and demolition waste (CDWs) are typically piled up in landfills ...
Pourmohammad Golloujeh, Mahsa   +2 more
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Life cycle analysis of reinforced concrete floor slab through three different waste management scenarios

open access: yesGrađevinar, 2023
This paper presents a life cycle analysis (LCA) of a reinforced concrete floor slab with special emphasis on the end of life (EoL). Three EoL waste management scenarios were presented: Scenario I (current situation of construction and demolition waste ...
Ivana Carević   +2 more
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An Overview about the Current Situation on C&D Waste Management in Italy: Achievements and Challenges

open access: yesBuildings, 2021
The disposal volume of material for Construction and Demolition in Europe is increasing each year, that the European Union has decided to take control of the matter unifying practices and goals to achieve. This article analyses how waste management works
Javier Cárcel-Carrasco   +3 more
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Sustainable construction: construction and demolition waste reconsidered [PDF]

open access: yesWaste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, 2009
Construction activity in Europe has increased substantially in the past decade. Likewise, there has also been a commensurate rise in the generation of construction and demolition waste (C&DW). This, together with the fact that in many European countries the rate of recycling and reuse of C&DW is still quite low has engendered a serious ...
Río Merino, Mercedes del   +2 more
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CDW QUANTIFICATION IN THE SEVERAL STAGES OF LIFE OF A BUILDING: IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MAIN METHODS

open access: yesMix Sustentável, 2020
Construction and demolition waste (CDW) represent, in mass, the largest fraction of the waste generated in many Brazilian cities. Quantifying this type of waste is an expensive task that still has to overcome some obstacles.
Rodrigo Kanno   +2 more
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Quantitative and qualitative analysis of construction and demolition waste in Yazd city, Iran

open access: yesData in Brief, 2018
Construction and demolition waste is the major category of municipal solid waste that is important due to high volume and mass produced. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the quantitative and qualitative of construction and demolition waste in Yazd ...
Mohsen Ansari   +1 more
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Redefining Construction and Demolition Waste Management Systems: Best Practices on Civil Engineering Works

open access: yesThe Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 2014
The civil engineering sector has to assume among its aims the reduction of the construction and demolition waste generated by it. To this end, foreseeing the amount of construction and demolition waste to be generated, as well as the time phase in which ...
Paola Villoria Sáez   +3 more
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