TY - RPRT
T1 - Background data collection and life cycle assessment for construction and demolition waste (CDW) management
AU - Damgaard, A.
AU - Lodato, C.
AU - Butera, S.
AU - Fruergaard, T. A.
AU - Kamps, M.
AU - Corbin, L.
AU - Tonini, D.
AU - Astrup, T. F.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) represents 40% of the waste generated in the EU and its suboptimal management generates detrimental environmental effects. The goal of the study is to calculate, document and compare the environmental impacts of different treatment options for selected priority fractions of CDW. The assessment of the individual material fractions is done for both 2020 and 2050. The results in general come to the same conclusion, i.e. the environmental impacts follow the waste hierarchy, although with some exceptions. In terms of carbon savings, reuse of concrete waste is the pathway leading by far to the highest saving potential, followed by recycling of PVC, EPS-insulation and wood. The study also provides a techno-economic characterization of emerging and established technologies and processes for the management of CDW.
AB - Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) represents 40% of the waste generated in the EU and its suboptimal management generates detrimental environmental effects. The goal of the study is to calculate, document and compare the environmental impacts of different treatment options for selected priority fractions of CDW. The assessment of the individual material fractions is done for both 2020 and 2050. The results in general come to the same conclusion, i.e. the environmental impacts follow the waste hierarchy, although with some exceptions. In terms of carbon savings, reuse of concrete waste is the pathway leading by far to the highest saving potential, followed by recycling of PVC, EPS-insulation and wood. The study also provides a techno-economic characterization of emerging and established technologies and processes for the management of CDW.
U2 - 10.2760/772724
DO - 10.2760/772724
M3 - Report
T3 - EUR – Scientific and Technical Research series
BT - Background data collection and life cycle assessment for construction and demolition waste (CDW) management
PB - Publications Office of the European Union
ER -
