Corresponding author: akhund42@gmail Exploring Types of Waste Generated: A Study of Construction Industry of Pakistan Muhammad Akram Akhund1,*, Aftab Hameed Memon2, Nafees Ahmed Memon3, Tauha Hussain Ali3 and Ali Raza khoso3 1Department of Civil Engineering, ISRA University Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan 2Department of Civil Engineering, …
The environmental impacts caused by landfilling of construction and demolition waste is estimated to increase by 20.2% by 2025. However, if a 50% recycling and reuse rate can be achieved by 2025, the environmental …
construction waste problem. Hence, this study has focused on unveiling various strategies and method relevance to use in construction industry of Pakistan for managing construction …
Solid waste collection by government owned and operated services in Pakistan's cities currently averages only 50 percent of waste quantities generated; however, for cities to be relatively clean, at least 75 percent of these quantities should be collected. Unfortunately, none of the cities in Pakistan has a proper solid waste management system ...
Construction work can create various waste materials that are garbage, undesirable and harmful such as asbestos, and materials like rocks, soil, asphalt, bricks, concrete, plasterboard, wood, and ...
This document discusses construction and demolition (C&D) waste management in India. It notes that C&D waste makes up 14.5 million tons (MT) of India's total 48 MT of solid waste annually. Concrete comprises 65% …
1. Circular Economy Implications for Construction and Demolition Waste in. Pakistan. by Tayyab Maqsood and Salman Shooshtarian. Tayyab Maqsood is a Professor and the Dean of Project Management at ...
In Pakistan, the waste sector is a major source of GHG emissions. The latest study available estimates GHG emissions from the country's solid waste sector at 10.5 metric tons of carbon …
Rapid population growth and urbanization have led to an increase in Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste, prompting government and industry bodies to develop better waste management practices.
The construction waste originating from high-rise and infrastructure buildings may result in a considerable amount of construction materials being wasted at the construction site due to improper disposal ... Pakistan: Steel fiber is less economical compared to glass and polypropylene fiber [141] Life-cycle cost analysis of commercial flooring:
These unused or waste materials on site have a harmful impact on eco-system (Esin and Cosgun, 20017). A massive waste of about 40% is produced globally due to construction …
waste, building waste or any waste generated as a result of garden service activities; (xxi) "Government" means the Government of the Punjab; 3 (xxii) "hazardous waste" means the waste as defined in the Punjab Environment Protection Act, 1997. (xxiii) "industrial waste" means the wasteas defined in the ...
Effective construction and demolition waste management (ECDWM) can have both environmental benefits and socioeconomic advantages for associated stakeholders and construction projects (Wang et al., 2019).While the construction and demolition waste management hierarchy (CDWMH), or the 3R principles of reduce, reuse and recycle (Esa et …
Construction and demolition (C&D) waste is defined as the waste produced during new construction, renovation, and demolition of buildings and structures. C&D waste is becoming one of the most ...
Protection Agency (DEPA) the construction waste produced in 2003 is about 30% of total waste. In construction waste 70 -75% was generated due to demolition of buildings, 20 25% was generated due to refurbishment of buildings and the remaining 5 % waste generated from fresh buildings. Recycling is the main problem for Denmark due to landfill
Project managers and construction staff usually fail to control the waste in construction projects and identify the root causes of waste generation due to absence of appropriate tools …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's 'first plastic road,' carpeted with recycled plastic waste, was inaugurated in Islamabad on Monday, a press release by three organizations that collaborated on the project said. Pakistan has the highest percentage of mismanaged plastic in South Asia. Around 55 billion plastic bags are produced in the country every year, most of …
Construction Labour rate in Pakistan: After you have calculated the material cost now its time to calculate the labour cost. Labour is charged in Pakistan as per square feet of covered area. Current rate of labour rate is Rs. …
PDF | On Mar 1, 2019, Tauha Hussain Ali and others published Application of Artifical Intelligence in Construction Waste Management | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
Strengthening of national legislation and capacity building of stakeholders for sound chemicals and hazardous waste management in Pakistan Project Story Pakistan pursues transformative chemicals and waste management project …
The construction sector is the major resource-consuming and waste-producing sector in our modern society, using – on average – more than 40% of the total raw materials extracted from the earth around the world (Krausmann et al., 2017), and at the same time generating more than one third of the world's solid waste by weight (up to more than 75% …
Buildings 2021, 11, 61 3 of 16 The target of European Union according to The Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/ European Commission (EC) is to have 70% of CDW re-used, recycled, or recovered by
Construction waste is becoming one of the challenging problems across the globe specially in developing regions ... Syed JH, Malik RN, Li J, Zhang G, Jones KC. Emerging issue of e -waste in Pakistan: a review of status, research needs and data gaps. Environmental pollution. 2015 Dec 1;207:308-18. 5. Poon CS, Chan D. The use of recycled ...
construction waste in Pakistan. Central to our approach is the innovative use of real-time. data, coupled with linear regression analysis, to produce a sector-specific pr edictive model. for the ...
Solid Waste Management Policy in Pakistan . The Government of Pakistan has enacted the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act in 1997. Section 11 of this act states that " no person shall discharge or emit or allow the discharge or emission of any effluent or waste or air pollutant or noise in an amount, concentration or level which is more than the National …
significant portion of its GDP on handling construction waste. Among the several other factors, the key contributes are highlighted in this study. This study is exploratory work investigating the types of construction waste generated on site and their relative impact of the project cost in construction projects of Pakistan.
PDF | On Sep 15, 2017, Nadia Qamar and others published Assessment of construction waste to identify issues that disrupt sustainable development: Case studies in Sindh, Pakistan | Find, read and ...
The construction industry struggles in environmental and economic performance due to waste generation. Several studies have measured this waste in the construction industry of developing countries like India, Brazil, China, Nigeria and Iran, and proposed strategies to …
This will help economize the construction industry and improve its sustainability.,This is the first benchmarking study that quantitatively measures material waste in the construction industry of Pakistan. It highlights that costly as well as sustainability-implicating materials are frequently wasted in the local construction projects.
This study quantifies waste generation rate and illustrates the construction method in influencing the waste generation rate, estimating that the conventional construction method has a waste ...
and the open burning of solid waste, including plastic. These factors collectively contribute to the deterioration of ambient air quality and the well-being of the population in Pakistan. UN-HABITATPAKISTAN2023 "Pakistan ranked sixth globally and third in Asia among plastic waste generators with the country producing about 30 million tons
II Acknowledgements This Final Report on waste management is part of the technical support on waste and plastics provided to the Ministry Climate Change, Pakistan, Government of Pakistan through the
gases, suspended waste, industrial waste, agricultural waste, nuclear waste, municipal waste, hospital waste, used polyethylene bags and residues from the incineration of all types of waste. 3.Establishment of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Council.‑—(1) The Federal
in concrete construction waste volumes to 223 cubic meters by the year 2050 through historical wastage patterns. Keywords: construction waste; sustainable …
Construction and demolition (C&D) waste account for an oversized share of all solid waste generated worldwide. Statistical data confirm that, globally, 10-30% of waste originates from construction and demolition works. The types of waste from construction activities are wood, metals, concrete waste and mixed wastes. Waste generation continues to increase with the …
Abstract- A massive amount of waste is being generated every year around the globe and construction waste adds to the waste in a concerning amount. In Pakistan, construction …
PDF | On Jun 26, 2023, Hassan Javed and others published Converting Construction and Demolition Waste into Value-added Products for Achieving Sustainable Environment in Pakistan | Find, read and ...
Generation of construction waste is a worldwide issue that concerns not only governments but also the building actors involved in construction industry. For developing countries like Pakistan, rising levels of waste generation, due to the rapid growth of towns and cities have become critical issue. Therefore this study is aimed to detect the factors, which are the main …