Building a whole process policy framework promoting construction and demolition waste utilization in China.

ABSTRACT: The generation of construction and demolition waste¹ (CDW) in China has increased dramatically in recent decades due to the rapid urbanization. Yet there is a very limited utilization of this waste, meaning that there is an urgent need to address this issue in order to reduce the reliance on virgin materials and improve the lived environment in China. This problem contrasts with the EU experience where many member states already exceed an 80% utilization rate of CDW due to extensive policy measures. We argue that the supervision of CDW is an important and underestimated element in addressing this waste stream, and that China and other rapidly developing states can build on the EU experience to address this issue rapidly and efficiently. This paper took a comparative policy analy

SUBMITTER: Wang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10108335 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature