The basic environmental impacts of construction activities as indicated in Table 1, are resource consumption (such as water, electricity, and fuel consumption during the construction process) and waste generation. Others are air pollution due to dust from construction activities, noise pollution, destruction of the ecosystem, and air pollution ...
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The past few decades have witnessed a significant increase in the generation of construction and demolition (C&D) waste, posing a considerable sustainability challenge for the construction industry and environmental sustainability efforts. Due to its detrimental environmental effects, reducing C&D waste has become …
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For construction, engineers need to clear the site. The process results in damaging the environmental balance on that site. Due to urbanization and construction, most of the forest of Kelantan is ...
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What you should know about this data. This data comes from the OECD's Global Plastic Outlook. 2 The model first uses estimates of the influx of plastics into natural environments based on widely-used metrics such as …
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Construction waste is a global problem, including in New Zealand where it makes up 40–50% of landfill waste. Accurately measuring construction waste is crucial to reduce its impact on New ...
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Construction operations have a negative influence on the environment because of waste creation, consumption of resources, noise pollution, air pollution from construction dust, and foul odors from ...
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The generation of construction and demolition waste (CDW), together with the use of resources in the construction industry, presents a worldwide problem [].In the European Union (EU), the construction sector is the main source of waste generation, accounts for more than a third (35%) of all waste generated [], and is the main …
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It is imperative to also note that contractors and consultants interviewed raised the issue of road traffic but attributed it by and large to road construction. Waste generation Architects, quantity surveyors, and structural engineers together ranked waste generation as the fifth most essential environmental impact of construction activities ...
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Yuan (2012) carried out a quantitative study to evaluate the social performance on construction waste management using system dynamics. Many indicators have been used to assess the social impacts of CDW. Hao et al. (2007) conducted a study on managing construction and demolition waste. The study showed that system …
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Minimizing the use of resources in the manufacture, distribution and use of products consumed by society with maximum reuse, recycling and recovery has embodied as a concept of 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse ...
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Before determining the effects of waste, an assessment was performed to confirm its presence on building construction sites in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. For this purpose, ... the first environmental impact ranked of construction waste is environmental pollution (mean = 4.14). Waste generated on construction sites …
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The Act also amends existing legislation including the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (with changes around dealing with the separation of waste, electronic waste tracking, hazardous waste, and transfrontier shipments of waste) and the Environment Act 1995 (granting powers to establish charging schemes).
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Key Takeaways: Construction contributes to deforestation, habitat loss, pollution, and waste, impacting the environment. Sustainable practices such as reusing materials and prioritizing existing structures can mitigate these effects and promote biodiversity conservation.
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The present study seeks to determine the environmental pollution and health effects associated with waste landfilling by adopting a desk review design. ... a conducive environment for microorganisms to decompose the existing waste. The construction of landfills nearby residential areas is usually associated with effects like the accumulation …
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Less Waste, More Output. One of the biggest problems that traditional construction companies face is waste. The rough estimation is that about 30% of the total weight of building materials is wasted at the construction site. The basic concept behind modular construction (creating building modules off-site and then assembling them on …
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1. Introduction. Massive C&D waste are generated every year during the construction, renovation and demolition of buildings and infrastructure. It is reported that the total amount of C&D waste generated worldwide each year exceeds 10 billion tons, of which the United States produces about 700 million tons and the European Union more …
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Waste dumps generated from mining that exposes sulfur-bearing overburden can be active sources of acid generation with the potential to severely contaminate soils, surface and groundwater, and endanger both local and downstream ecosystems. A waste rock management strategy ensure that disposal of such material …
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This study provides a comprehensive view of the research field of construction and demolition waste (CDW) management in the circular economy based on a literature review. The increased intensity of interest is due to the need to create frameworks, mechanisms, and tools for the process of mind-shifting towards circularity. …
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Production increased exponentially, from 2.3 million tons in 1950 to 448 million tons by 2015. Production is expected to double by 2050. Every year, about eight million tons of plastic waste ...
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A national study in Brazil showed that the waste material produced by concrete construction activities can be as high 50– of the mass of concrete used in the building, and highlighted that ...
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Construction waste recycling has a wide range of environmental consequences that go beyond trash reduction. The protection of natural resources is one of the key environmental benefits of
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The study broadens knowledge of construction waste, resulting in a better understanding of impacts posed by waste on social, economic, and environment that …
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Additionally, the construction industry contributes roughly 39 % of energy-related global carbon dioxide emissions (United Nations, 2021) and is responsible for 35 …
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According to the U.K. Green Building Council, the construction sector uses more than 400 million tons of material a year, many of which hurt the environment.Additional research by Construction Products says that the products used during a particular construction job can also have an impact on the surrounding environment, due to the "extraction of raw …
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This review paper analyzes the environmental challenges and benefits of recycling construction and demolition (C&D) waste, which accounts for more than 25% …
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The construction industry is a major contributor to environmental pollution due to its carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, effective construction waste management solutions …
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The shear performance of concrete beams produced from construction and demolition (C&D) waste is evaluated by considering two different shear-span to depth ratios (a/d).
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Environmental benefits refer to reduction of C&D waste emissions, reduction of C&D waste transportation, reduction of waste landfill and reduction of …
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