Reuse and Recycling of Construction and Demolition Waste

Authors

  • Geethu.V  Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, New Horizon College of Engineering, Outer Ring Road, Marathalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Keywords:

Construction & demolition waste, deconstruction, renovation, recycling, reuse, material recovery

Abstract

Due to rapid urbanization in India, environmental impacts from construction and demolition (C&D) waste are increasingly becoming a major issue in urban waste management. Construction and demolition waste is generated whenever any construction/demolition activity takes place. It consists mostly of inert and non-biodegradable material such as concrete, plaster, metal, wood, plastics etc. A major part of this waste comes to the municipal stream. This study aims to focus on the possibilities of reuse, recycling and renovation in reducing C&D waste. Various practices of reuse and recycling like renovation, concrete recycling, and deconstruction were studied. Along with reduction in C&D waste these practices can reduce the exploitation of virgin natural resources. Renovation of existing residential building for new requirements was done to reduce the demolition waste produced. It helped in the onsite reuse of functional parts of existing building for the new building. In this particular study we were able to save the entire foundation, roofing frame, flat slab and 73.84% of wall for superstructure.

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2019-12-30

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Volume 4, Issue 9, November-December-2019

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Geethu.V, " Reuse and Recycling of Construction and Demolition Waste" International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology(IJSRCSEIT), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 4, Issue 9, pp.83-91, November-December-2019.