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A best practice policy for recycling and reuse in building

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Brewer, Graham Mooney, Janet
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	Industrial ecologists, recognising the impact of industry on the environment, have developed reduction strategies including the reuse and recycling of materials. World wide, the reduction of natural resource consumption has been investigated and applied to various industries with varying degrees of success. This paper focuses on the construction industry, using thematic analysis to locate the world's best practice with respect to construction and demolition (C&D) waste legislation. It identifies the Netherlands and Denmark as current leaders in C&D waste management and reports on the results of a policy analysis, which concluded that landfill levies, landfill material bans, material segregation and certification are the main contributors to waste reduction. A meta-analysis of Australian state legislation reveals that these policies are largely absent, rendering current legislation ineffective. A model of legislative best practice is presented that is applicable to the Australian context and which incorpor...
Starting Page	173
Ending Page	180
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.1680/ensu.2008.161.3.173
Volume Number	161
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/services/Download/uon:4554/ATTACHMENT01
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1680/ensu.2008.161.3.173
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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