Abstract
Waste is defined as by-product material of human and industrial activities that have no residual values (Serpell and Alarcon, 1998). About 32.4 Mt of solid waste are generated in Australia annually (Productivity Commission – Australian Government, 2006), of which about 42% is from construction and demolition sectors. From that, about 7.8 Mt of material corresponding to about 57% of construction and demolition waste is recycled. Among different types of construction and demolition waste, concrete waste constitutes the major proportions of about 81.8% of the total waste (Productivity Commission – Australian Government, 2006). From that, about 54% of the concrete waste is recycled. Moreover, the metal recycling rate is the highest at about 82%. The industry is highly motivated to recycle metal waste because it is profitable. Some demolition projects may even take risks in estimating the amount of metal waste collected on site and lowering the contract sum during tendering to improve the competitiveness.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Handbook of Recycling: State-of-the-art for Practitioners, Analysts, and Scientists |
| Editors | Ernst Worrell, Markus A. Reuter |
| Place of Publication | U.S. |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Pages | 385-396 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780123964595 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- concrete
- construction industry
- recycling
- waste products
