Construction, Demolition & Excavation Waste Recycling: An Introduction

This discussion on the processing of Construction, Demolition & Excavation Waste (C&DWR) is intended to give the reader a brief and high-level overview of the key market considerations that may help determine the current potential for viable / successful installation of such systems in any given economic environment.

It can be observed that C&DWR has become a major sector within the aggregates and construction materials sectors of numerous countries whilst many others have yet to begin such recycling or move beyond the more basic approaches. In producing this document, the author has mainly drawn on experience of the UK market where C&DWR has been established at an advanced level for over a decade and is widely used as a benchmark for such development in other countries.