Combination of environmental and economic analysis; LCA; LCC; Policymakers; Sustainable waste policy; Engineering (all)
Abstract :
[en] Today construction and demolition waste (CDW) is mostly reused for low-value applications, such as backfilling material or low-quality aggregates for road construction. However, new recycling opportunities are currently attracting a considerable interest of the construction industry, such as the possibility of using CDW as high-quality aggregates in road construction. In addition to the technical challenges, the success of new recycling processes also depends on their environmental sustainability and economic viability. By using an environmental life-cycle assessment (LCA) and an economic life-cycle costing (LCC) analysis to compare different end-of-life alternatives for CDW, the chapter highlights the environmental and economic drivers in CDW management. The combination of environmental and economic results can indeed provide more informed support for policymakers.
Disciplines :
Engineering, computing & technology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Di Maria, Andrea ; Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre > Biosystems Dynamics and Exchanges (BIODYNE) ; Sustainable Assessment of Materials, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Eyckmans, Johan; KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business, Leuven, Belgium
Van Acker, Karel; Sustainable Assessment of Materials, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium ; Center for Economics and Corporate Sustainability (CEDON), KU Leuven, Brussels, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
Use of LCA and LCC to help decision-making between downcycling versus recycling of construction and demolition waste
Publication date :
2020
Main work title :
Advances in Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling: Management, Processing and Environmental Assessment
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