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Review of waste strategy documents in Australia: analysis of strategies for construction and demolition waste

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  • Salman Shooshtarian
  • Tayyab Maqsood
  • Peter S.P. Wong
  • Rebecca J. Yang
  • Malik Khalfan

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The construction industry in Australia has grown significantly in the past two decades in the wake of population growth, migration and expansion in the tertiary education industry. The growing population has necessitated extensive property development, better public transport and improved infrastructure. To achieve all of this, construction activities have been on the rise; resulting in significant growth in construction and demolition (C%D) waste generation. However, the management of C%D waste has presented issues that have proven impact on the Australian society, environment and economy. Therefore, this review study is conducted to investigate how C%D waste is dealt in eight jurisdictions of Australia. This study reviewed the strategies recommended in waste strategy documents in these jurisdictions. Particularly, the study reviewed waste recycling and recovery targets, illegal dumping and stockpiling, extended producer responsibility, the definition of waste versus resource; use of C%D recycled waste and energy from waste extraction. The results of this review have provided an insight into the approach taken in the Australian context to deal with C%D waste stream.

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  • Salman Shooshtarian & Tayyab Maqsood & Peter S.P. Wong & Rebecca J. Yang & Malik Khalfan, 2020. "Review of waste strategy documents in Australia: analysis of strategies for construction and demolition waste," International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 23(1), pages 1-21.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijetma:v:23:y:2020:i:1:p:1-21
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    Cited by:

    1. Dongchen Han & Mohsen Kalantari & Abbas Rajabifard, 2021. "Building Information Modeling (BIM) for Construction and Demolition Waste Management in Australia: A Research Agenda," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(23), pages 1-22, November.
    2. Atiq Zaman & Ana Maria Caceres Ruiz & Salman Shooshtarian & Tim Ryley & Savindi Caldera & Tayyab Maqsood, 2023. "Development of the Circular Economy Design Guidelines for the Australian Built Environment Sector," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-26, January.
    3. Bahareh Nikmehr & M. Reza Hosseini & Jun Wang & Nicholas Chileshe & Raufdeen Rameezdeen, 2021. "BIM-Based Tools for Managing Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW): A Scoping Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(15), pages 1-19, July.
    4. Salman Shooshtarian & Tayyab Maqsood & Peter SP Wong & Malik Khalfan & Rebecca J. Yang, 2021. "Extended Producer Responsibility in the Australian Construction Industry," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-20, January.

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