A Study of Construction and Demolition Waste Management in Hong Kong

Author

Deng, Xun ; Liu, Guiwen ; Hao, Jianli

Author_Institution

Fac. Constr. Manage. & Real Estate, Chongqing Univ., Chongqing

fYear

2008

fDate

12-14 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The construction industry is the major solid waste generator in the world. For the national sustainable development strategy, construction and demolition (C&D) waste management is very important and has become one of hottest research topic in recent years. Successfully managing C&D waste has a significant impact for Hong Kong´s due to the limited land resource. This paper begins with a brief review of C&D waste in Hong Kong. Then, the current measures for waste management adopted in Hong Kong are analyzed. Some strategic plans for better performance of waste management are suggested based on a critical study of the C&D waste management in Hong Kong. It is hoped the experience in Hong Kong also can provide some useful information for Mainland China in C&D management.

Keywords

construction industry; sustainable development; waste management; construction and demolition waste management; construction industry; national sustainable development strategy; Building materials; Construction industry; Costs; Government; Minimization methods; Protection; Solids; Sustainable development; Waste management; Waste materials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2008. WiCOM '08. 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dalian

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2107-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2108-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WiCom.2008.1745

Filename

4679934