TY - JOUR

T1 - Construction and Demolition Waste Best Management Practice in Europe

AU - Galvez Martos, Jose Luis

AU - Styles, David

AU - Schoenberger, Harald

AU - Zeschmar-Lahl, Barbara

PY - 2018/9

Y1 - 2018/9

N2 - Construction and demolition waste constitutes a large fraction of all the waste generated in Europe. Its specific impact can be considered rather low, but the large generated volume and embodied resource makes this waste stream an important focus of current European policies. The European Commission has proposed new targets and goals for this waste stream in the Circular Economy package, but, given the rather heterogeneous landscape of waste management practice across Member States, new approaches that take into account the entire value chain of the construction sector are urgently required. This paper synthesises core principles and linked best practices for the management of construction and demolition waste across the entire construction value chain. Systematic implementation of these best practices could dramatically improve resource efficiency and reduce environmental impact by: reducing waste generation, minimising transport impacts, maximising re-use and recycling by improving the quality of secondary materials and optimising the environmental performance of treatment methods.

AB - Construction and demolition waste constitutes a large fraction of all the waste generated in Europe. Its specific impact can be considered rather low, but the large generated volume and embodied resource makes this waste stream an important focus of current European policies. The European Commission has proposed new targets and goals for this waste stream in the Circular Economy package, but, given the rather heterogeneous landscape of waste management practice across Member States, new approaches that take into account the entire value chain of the construction sector are urgently required. This paper synthesises core principles and linked best practices for the management of construction and demolition waste across the entire construction value chain. Systematic implementation of these best practices could dramatically improve resource efficiency and reduce environmental impact by: reducing waste generation, minimising transport impacts, maximising re-use and recycling by improving the quality of secondary materials and optimising the environmental performance of treatment methods.

KW - Construction and demolition waste

KW - circular economy

KW - recycling

KW - re-use

KW - environmental management

KW - waste management

KW - waste logistics

KW - recycled aggregates

KW - plasterboard

U2 - 10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.04.016

DO - 10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.04.016

M3 - Article

VL - 136

SP - 166

EP - 178

JO - Resources, Conservation and Recycling

JF - Resources, Conservation and Recycling

SN - 0921-3449

ER -