Life cycle assessment of construction and demolition waste management systems: a Spanish case study

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Construction and demolition waste management – a holistic evaluation of environmental performance

“…As concluded by Mercante et al (2012), the recycling of wood is not self-evidently beneficial for the environment. As a whole, the overall performance of the C&DW management system could be significantly improved by developing environmentally and economically beneficial recycling for the wood and mineral fractions and developing source separation and recycling of the miscellaneous and mixed waste.…”

“…Coelho and de Brito (2013) assessed a Portuguese C&DW recycling facility, and concluded that energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions prevented through material recycling could be up to one order of magnitude greater than those generated. According to Mercante et al (2012), environmental impact savings are due to the recycling of plastics, metals, aggregates and wood for all the impact assessment categories assessed, except global warming in the case of wood and cardboard.…”

Analysis of the implementation of effective waste management practices in construction projects and sites

“…Most of the studies focused on describing models for the design stage to estimate the volume of C&D waste that will be generated on a site (Mañà et al, 2000;Solís-Guzman et al, 2009;Martínez et al, 2010;Llatas, 2011;Marrero et al, 2011;de Guzmán et al, 2012;Villoria et al 2012). In other initiatives, such as those led by Ortiz et al (2010) and Mercante et al (2012), the research was based on life cycle assessment. Rodríguez et al (2007) analysed how environmental management systems contribute to the generation and management of C&D waste.…”

Quantification of carbon emission of construction waste by using streamlined LCA: a case study of Shenzhen, China

“…One of the most widely known measures is the ''CW management hierarchy'', which refers to reduction, reuse, recycling and disposal [9]. Yet, this order of priorities does not ensure the minimization of environmental impacts of waste management systems or the optimal combination possible [10]. To address this issue, some applications of the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology to C&D waste management have been reported in the literature [11,12,13,14].…”