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The European Union has issued action plans to reduce the production of construction waste and increase reuse recycling materials in hope triggering a rapid transition towards Circular Economy (CE). management demolition waste, however, struggles apply these measures. Our purpose, therefore, is analyse how different actors involved could contribute transform existing practices so that they respo...

This paper presents a research project named "Automated life-cycle management system for curtain walls in high-rise buildings based on supply chain management," which is jointly performed by the consortium of universities and companies involved in curtain wall design, manufacturing, and construction in Korea. The objective of this research is to improve the efficiency of the current process thr...

conclusions based on the findings obtained, the rate of total waste generation in the amol hospital is similar in range to that of other iranian hospitals, however, the hazardous fraction of this waste was high in comparison to other previous studies, and this is probably due to improper separation and management of the waste materials. results based on this study’s findings the average rate of...

BACKGROUND In recent years the generation rate of construction and demolition waste (C&D) has significantly augmented. The aim of this study was to assessed the quality and quantity of construction and demolition waste in Tehran (capital of Iran). METHODS Questionnaire methods were used for estimating the amount of generated C&D wastes national statistical data and typical waste generation da...

background: dental wastes are one of the environmental issues due to toxic and pathogenic agents such as pathological wastes, pharmaceutical and chemical etc have particular sensitivity. the aim of this study was to determine the dental waste management and related factors in the city of ilam. methods: in this cross-sectional study, the studied community was all the sixteen dental clinics in il...

Rapid urbanization of Dhaka city has created immense pressure on its urban services including solid waste disposal. Both city corporations (Dhaka North, DNCC and Dhaka South, DSCC) have been facing tremendous problem to maintain sustainable waste management over the last few decades. At present, the DNCC and DSCC dump 68% of the total solid waste to the sanitary landfill site at Matuail. Decomp...

Growth in construction activities increases the amount of construction waste generated. Recycling of construction waste is an important component of environmentally responsible construction, as it reduces the amount of waste directed to landfills. In addition, it enhances the resource recovery for future construction work. A model is presented in this paper to predict waste generation rates, as...

Purpose: The concept of waste has been used in relation to production since the beginning of the 20th century. As it is well-known, it is a foundational notion for the Toyota Production System and its derivatives, like lean production. However, waste is not a prevalent concept in the mainstream literature on economics, operations management, construction management or management. The reasons fo...