From downcycling to closed- and open-loop recycling
23 May 2022
The construction industry is by far the biggest generator of waste in the European Union – about 870 million t in 2017 – which accounts for 30% to 40% of the total waste generation in industrialised countries.
Despite the high volumes of generated construction and demolition waste (CDW), its recycling rates vary enormously in different countries around the world. While countries including the Netherlands, Ireland and Hungary reported recovery rates of 99% to 100% in 2017-18, the figures for other nations ranged from 0% to 69%. In…
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