Construction and demolition waste generation rates for high-rise buildings in Malaysia

© The Author(s) 2016.

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA. - 1991. - 34(2016), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 1224-1230
1. Verfasser: Mah, Chooi Mei (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Fujiwara, Takeshi, Ho, Chin Siong
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2016
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA
Schlagworte:Journal Article Construction and demolition waste estimation tool high-rise development waste composition waste generation rate waste quantification Metals Solid Waste Waste Products
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:© The Author(s) 2016.
Construction and demolition waste continues to sharply increase in step with the economic growth of less developed countries. Though the construction industry is large, it is composed of small firms with individual waste management practices, often leading to the deleterious environmental outcomes. Quantifying construction and demolition waste generation allows policy makers and stakeholders to understand the true internal and external costs of construction, providing a necessary foundation for waste management planning that may overcome deleterious environmental outcomes and may be both economically and environmentally optimal. This study offers a theoretical method for estimating the construction and demolition project waste generation rate by utilising available data, including waste disposal truck size and number, and waste volume and composition. This method is proposed as a less burdensome and more broadly applicable alternative, in contrast to waste estimation by on-site hand sorting and weighing. The developed method is applied to 11 projects across Malaysia as the case study. This study quantifies waste generation rate and illustrates the construction method in influencing the waste generation rate, estimating that the conventional construction method has a waste generation rate of 9.88 t 100 m-2, the mixed-construction method has a waste generation rate of 3.29 t 100 m-2, and demolition projects have a waste generation rate of 104.28 t 100 m-2
Beschreibung:Date Completed 27.03.2017
Date Revised 27.03.2017
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1096-3669