Quantifying the Impact of Construction Waste Charging Scheme on Construction Waste Management in Hong Kong
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Impact of Construction Waste Disposal Charging Scheme on work practices at construction sites in Hong Kong.
Waste management in the building industry in Hong Kong has become an important environmental issue. Particularly, an increasing amount of construction and demolition (C&D) waste is being disposed at landfill sites. In order to reduce waste generation and encourage reuse and recycling, the Hong Kong Government has implemented the Construction Waste Disposal Charging Scheme (CWDCS) to levy charge...
متن کاملQuantifying the Impact of Construction Waste Charging Scheme
5 A considerable amount of solid wastes is generated every year from construction and demolition (C&D) 6 activities in Hong Kong. The C&D waste can be classified into inert and non-inert wastes, in which the 7 inert waste is normally disposed of in public fills as reclamation materials, and the non-inert part is dumped 8 at landfills. Under the current waste generation trend, all landfills and ...
متن کاملQuantifying the waste reduction potential of using prefabrication in building construction in Hong Kong.
As Hong Kong is a compact city with limited available land and high land prices, the construction of high-rise buildings is prevalent. The construction industry produces a significant amount of building waste. In 2005, about 21.5 million tonnes of construction waste were generated, of which 11% was disposed of in landfills and 89% in public filling areas. At the present rate, Hong Kong will run...
متن کاملIntegrated Solid Waste Management In Hong Kong
In November of 1997 an invitation was received to participate in a seminar in Hong Kong, that was concerned with solid waste management practices that are used outside their respective area. The thrust of the seminar, was to examine waste disposal techniques that are being employed throughout the world, and evaluate same for future use in the Chinese empire. Representatives from the Hong Kong a...
متن کاملConstruction waste management in India
The management of construction waste is important today. The scarcity in the availability of aggregate for the production of concrete is one of the important problems facing by the construction industry. Appropriate use of the construction waste is a solution to the fast degradation of virgin raw materials in the construction industry. This paper enlightens the importance of reduce, reuse and r...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0733-9364,1943-7862
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0000631