Human resource factor in waste management practices in construction industry for sustainability
by Kavuluru Venugopal; Abhilasha Ambatipudi
International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (IJEWM), Vol. 32, No. 2, 2023

Abstract: This paper intends to emphasise the existing problems of construction material waste and its management that occurs in the process of construction. The study deals with how human resource development interventions manage waste with its tools of reduce, reuse recycle and recover (4R's). The reason for on-site waste is mishandling of material by unskilled workforce at ground level, as a result of ineffective regulation by the concerned managers. Failure to make an estimation beforehand of material requirements, methods and motivations is a reason for waste. Apt inventory of building material management and advanced pro-environmental construction designs adaptation that minimises loss of material and time prevail in traditional construction methods are the function of effective human resource factor. A thorough assimilation is drawn from literature reviews to consolidate the necessity of human resource factor. Hence environmental sustainability depends on 4R's with human interventions. The study is purely conceptual one at managerial level.

Online publication date: Mon, 11-Sep-2023

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