CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE RECYCLING SYSTEM: A STUDY

CIVIL ENGINEERING

In this paper stakeholders are asked to give further insights in the barriers towards high quality recycling of C&D waste materials. We elaborated on the three distinctive phases of the lifecycle of buildings, i.e. pre-building phase, building phase and post-building phase. The pre-building phase includes raw material production and building material production (prefab material). When the building materials are available, the building is constructed. Once the building is completed, it can be inhabited. Even though users have a minor impact on the waste generated, they are included within the stakeholders because the use phase of the building is a vital part of the life cycle of the materials. The demolition phase follows after the use phase of the building has ended. The waste material recovered during the demolition – or construction - phase is sorted. The customer, the petitioner of the demolition, is the starting point of the waste recycling system. The client has an influence on the decision-making related to waste treatment. For instance, the time available for demolition is a result of the choices made by the petitioner. Studying the relationships between actors operating in the system, an insight regarding the possible barriers that hamper the recycling of C&D waste can be revealed.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.