life cycle assessment of construction and demolition waste management systems

IRMA T MERCANTE; MARIA D BOVEA; VALERIA IBÁÑEZ-FORÉS; ALEJANDRO PABLO ARENA

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

SPRINGER HEIDELBERG

Año: 2011

0948-3349

Planning the management of construction and demolition wastes (C&DW) requires the assessment of generation data for supporting the analysis of available alternatives and determining the required infrastructure. Data collection about composition and generated amounts of C&DW are often performed with indirect methods which requires hardly available local or regional parameters. Aim: To establish a procedure to estimate data about composition and generated amounts of C&DW, and to apply it to the great Mendoza area (Argentina). Methodology: A review of published characterization methods was performed, together with a diagnosis of the situation of C&DW in the municipalities included in the studied area. Annual data about built and demolished areas, types of buildings and general