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An Overview on Construction and Demolition Waste Regulation and Strategies

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Construction sites produce a huge amount of building waste which are neglected by all the stakeholders in India. This unmanaged solid waste is creating a negative impact on the environment and will lead to destruction in future. There are different waste management regulations for different countries. In this study, we have described a new approach for an efficient reduction of construction and demolition waste following the existing regulations as per Indian scenario. We have focused on practical implications for the construction and demolition reduction that might attract the industries or the other sectors to work towards sustainability and betterment of society.

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  1. Sustainability Cluster, Department of Health Safety and Environment, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, 248007, India

    Vishal Kumar Singh, Ashwin Malviya, Yendamuri Sivaji Raghav & Suvendu Manna

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  1. Centre of Excellence-Occupational Health, Safety, Fire and Environment, GD Goenka University, Gurgaon, India

    N. A. Siddiqui

  2. Department of Health Safety, Environment and Civil Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India

    Bikarama Prasad Yadav

  3. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India

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  4. GAIL (India) Limited, New Delhi, India

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  5. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, Delhi, India

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Singh, V.K., Malviya, A., Raghav, Y.S., Manna, S. (2023). An Overview on Construction and Demolition Waste Regulation and Strategies. In: Siddiqui, N.A., Yadav, B.P., Tauseef, S.M., Garg, S.P., Devendra Gill, E.R. (eds) Advances in Construction Safety. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4001-9_13

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