Building and demolition waste in the UK (arq, volume 23, no. 1, 2019)

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 waste per person. Most of these building materials are energy intensive to produce and environmentally costly to transport. Issues around traceability, material procurement, and deconstruction are currently holding back material salvage and reuse, which could become mainstream in architecture.

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Authors

Rotor (Lionel Devlieger, Maarten Gielen), Samuel Little, Arvind Roy, Aude-Line Dulière 

Editors

Adam Sharr

Title

Building and demolition waste in the UK  

Publication

Architectural research quarterly, volume 23, no. 1, 2019, p. 90-96.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Date

2019

Languages

English