Abstract
Concrete is one of the most important building materials and it entails a big environmental impact making recycling relevant from an environmental perspective. Recycling of construction and demolition waste (CDW) containing concrete is being performed in the Netherlands resulting in recycled aggregates that due to the less quality are used mainly in road construction and less in buildings. Within the EU FP7 project Advanced Technologies for the Production of Cement and Clean Aggregates from Construction and Demolition Waste (C2CA), an innovative technology for CDW recycling to clean aggregates for use in buildings is being developed and its impacts assessed under different scenarios.
The assessment of the impacts, though, depends on how they are defined: is it only environmental impacts and economic profit, which are assessed? Does concrete recycling have other impacts, e.g. social, and on the basis of what indicators are these impacts assessed?
The assessment of the impacts, though, depends on how they are defined: is it only environmental impacts and economic profit, which are assessed? Does concrete recycling have other impacts, e.g. social, and on the basis of what indicators are these impacts assessed?
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | (Year) International Conference on Solid Waste Technology. Proceedings |
| Issue number | 27 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISSN | 1091-8043 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Event | 27th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management - Philadelphia, PA, United States Duration: 11 Mar 2012 → 14 Mar 2012 Conference number: 27 |
Conference
| Conference | 27th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management |
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| Number | 27 |
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Philadelphia, PA |
| Period | 11/03/2012 → 14/03/2012 |
Keywords
- Construction waste recycling technologies
- Life cycle sustainability assessment
- Input-output analysis
