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Estimating the Amount of Building-Related Construction and Demolition Waste in China

In: Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate

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  • Weisheng Lu

    (The University of Hong Kong)

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With the deepening of the economic reform in China, a large volume of construction activities, which in turn will lead to a huge amount of building-related construction and demolition (C&D) waste when new structures are built and when existing structures are renovated or demolished. However, it is an enigma why such statistics of waste generation are absent from the literature in spite of their importance to C&D waste management. This paper aims at estimating the amount of building-related C&D waste in China. It is estimated that approximately 2.19 billion tons of building-related C&D materials were generated in China during 2011even without considering the amount from renovation of existing buildings. It should be recognized that the estimates have some level of uncertainty, and the results should be viewed in that light.

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  • Weisheng Lu, 2014. "Estimating the Amount of Building-Related Construction and Demolition Waste in China," Springer Books, in: Donglang Yang & Yanjun Qian (ed.), Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 539-548, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-44916-1_52
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-44916-1_52
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    1. Young-Chan Kim & Yuan-Long Zhang & Won-Jun Park & Gi-Wook Cha & Jung-Wan Kim & Won-Hwa Hong, 2019. "Analysis of Waste Generation Characteristics during New Apartment Construction—Considering the Construction Phase," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(18), pages 1-15, September.

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