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Building and demolition waste in the UK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2019

Lionel Devlieger ,
Maarten Gielen ,
Samuel Little ,
Arvind Roy  and
Aude Line Dulière
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Construction is by far the largest material-consuming activity in the UK. In 2016, the territory produced more than 800 kg of construction and demolition (C&D) waste per person.1 Most of these building materials are energy intensive to produce and environmentally costly to transport. Their premature replacement therefore contributes significantly to the increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

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arq: Architectural Research Quarterly , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , March 2019 , pp. 90 - 96
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© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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