2012
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-012-0481-6
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An overview of construction and demolition waste management in Canada: a lifecycle analysis approach to sustainability

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“…After a while, environmentalists also created their own 3R -to symbolise their priorities -which means Reducing the quantity of waste (which was on the rise rapidly during the second half of the XX. century), Recycling it, or completely preventing its creation by Reusing products [32,33].…”
Section: Priority Levels For Circular Solutionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…After a while, environmentalists also created their own 3R -to symbolise their priorities -which means Reducing the quantity of waste (which was on the rise rapidly during the second half of the XX. century), Recycling it, or completely preventing its creation by Reusing products [32,33].…”
Section: Priority Levels For Circular Solutionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…São os meios, as ferramentas que o gestor público identifica no processo de formulação da política para execução das alternativas para solução do problema público. Wu et al (2014) (Mueller, 2007). Nesse caso, ao se adotar instrumentos econômicos como impostos, taxas ou tarifas (tributos) sobre o uso de recursos naturais ou sobre o lançamento dos dejetos ou resíduos, alterar-se-ia o preço (custo) do produto pelo sobrepreço embutido no processo produtivo, levando-se à internalização das externalidades e, portanto, seu nível de utilização (do recurso natural) ou o nível de lançamento de poluentes seriam afetados (Seroa da Motta, 2006).…”
Section: Os Instrumentos De Políticas Públicas E As Questões Socioambunclassified
“…E, quando gerenciados e dispostos incorretamente, continuam causando relevantes impactos ambientais negativos como degradação e poluição do solo, comprometimento dos corpos d'água e mananciais, obstrução dos sistemas de drenagem, intensificação de enchentes, degradação da paisagem urbana, ocupação de vias e logradouros públicos por resíduos, proliferação de moscas, baratas, ratos e outros vetores de importância sanitária nos centros urbanos (Pinto, 2005;Karpinsk et al, 2009;Brasil, 2010a;Agopyan & John, 2011;Delongui et al, 2011;Lu & Tam, 2013;Yeheyis et al, 2013).…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…Materials resulting from construction and demolition of buildings and infrastructure constitute a significant amount (10-15%) of the total municipal solid waste stream [4].The UK generated 200 million tonnes of total waste in 2012. Half of this (50%) was generated by Construction, demolition, renovation and refurbishment works.…”
Section: Candd Waste Generationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is as a result of the significant amount of construction and demolition (C&D) waste generated which as huge impact in contributing to environmental damage both nationally and internationally [3,4]. It is important to understand the C&D waste system which covers a broad range of building materials is often categorised as: waste arising from total or partial demolition of buildings and/or civil infrastructure, waste arising from the construction of buildings and/or building civil infrastructure, social, rocks and vegetation arising from site clearing, earth moving, civil works and/or excavations for foundations and materials arising from road construction and maintenance works [5].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%