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Quantifying the Impact of Circular Economy Applied to the Built Environment: A Study of Construction and Demolition Waste to Identify Leverage Points
[Thesis]
Aldaaja, Mohammad
El Asmar, Mounir
Arizona State University
2019
72 p.
M.S.
Arizona State University
2019
The built environment is responsible for a significant portion of global waste generation. Construction and demolition (C&D) waste requires significant landfill areas and costs billions of dollars. New business models that reduce this waste may prove to be financially beneficial and generally more sustainable. One such model is referred to as the "Circular Economy" (CE), which promotes the efficient use of materials to minimize waste generation and raw material consumption. CE is achieved by maximizing the life of materials and components and by reclaiming the typically wasted value at the end of their life. This thesis identifies the potential opportunities for using CE in the built environment. It first calculates the magnitude of C&D waste and its main streams, highlights the top C&D materials based on weight and value using data from various regions, identifies the top C&D materials' current recycling and reuse rates, and finally estimates a potential financial benefit of
Civil engineering
Environmental engineering
Sustainability
Aldaaja, Mohammad
El Asmar, Mounir
Arizona State University
مطالعه متن کتاب p
[Thesis]
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