Journal
WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH
Volume 38, Issue 4, Pages 433-443Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X19886635
Keywords
Construction waste; waste generation rate; construction stages; waste reduction; construction waste management
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- Key Projects in the National Scientific & Technology Pillar Program [2016YFC0702103]
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Estimation of construction waste generation is critical to construction waste management decisions. However, current construction waste estimation methods have various limitations (e.g. small samples). To address those limitations, this research conducts an empirical study to evaluate the waste generation rate of different types of waste at different construction stages. In this study, construction waste from 148 new-built residential construction sites in China were sorted and weighted on site and their waste generation rates were estimated separately. The results indicated that the amount of inorganic nonmetallic waste with a generation rate of 16.59 kg m(-2) was the highest among the five types of waste (i.e. inorganic nonmetallic waste, organic waste, metallic waste, composite waste, hazardous waste), while the waste generation rate for the underground construction stage, which was 27.57 kg m(-2), was the highest among the three stages (i.e. underground stage, superstructure stage, finishing stage). Compared with previous data, the new waste generation rate proposed in this research can better estimate the actual waste generation situation in construction sites, which provides reliable information for proper decision-making. Furthermore, based on the result of the empirical study, some recommendations for construction waste reduction are proposed.
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