waste is generated per day, mostly from major metropolitan areas. •Karachi, Pakistan's largest city generates more than 9,000 tons of municipal waste daily. •Solid waste generation in Pakistan ranges between 0.283 to 0.612 kg/capita/day and the waste generation growth rate is 2.4% per year. The most common types of solid waste in …
Construction industry was forecasted to grow by 6.6% in 2021 and by 42% until 2030 (Ellis, 2021). In Pakistan, the construction industry can be considered as the backbone of national development ...
Whereas, according to the figures of the Government of Pakistan (GoP) the daily solid waste generation of Pakistan stands at 87,000 tonnes per day which brings the construction waste at 9.3mn ...
In Pakistan, total solid waste production nationwide amounts to 20 million tonnes per year, according to United Nations. Out of the total solid waste, around 30% constitutes construction and …
Factors Contributing to the Waste Generation in Building Projects of Pakistan NAFEES AHMED MEMON*, MUHAMMAD ASLAM LAGHARI**, AND FAREED AHMED MEMON*** RECEIVED ON 27.01.2015 ACCEPTED ON 16.09.2015 ABSTRACT Generation of construction waste is a worldwide issue that concerns not only governments but also …
In Pakistan, construction waste is being generated in tonnes daily which is, undoubtedly, affecting the environment and leading to worse conditions. However, some efforts to determine the amount of waste generated during different construction projects can …
In Pakistan, the waste sector is a major source of GHG emissions. The latest study available estimates GHG emissions from the country's solid waste sector at 10.5 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2e) (Stiebert 2016), with open dumping contributing around 73% of this total (Ilmas, Mir, and Khalid 2018).
The construction industry not only generates 30% of global greenhouse emissions but also causes 40% of the global waste, followed by waste (23%) and manufacturing waste (21%) (EEA, 2019 ...
The large amount of solid waste generated by the construction industry is becoming a pressing 1 Department of Construction Engineering and Management, NIT-SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, PAKISTAN 2 Institute of Civil Engineering, SCEE, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, …
Source reduction reduces life-cycle material use, energy use and waste generation. EPA gives it the highest priority for addressing solid waste issues. While reuse and recycling are important methods to sustainably manage waste once waste has already been generated, source reduction prevents waste from being generated in the first place.
It is one of the most used methods of construction waste disposal in Pakistan. The quality of construction wastes is regulated according to international standards, along with other specific standards …
The environmental impacts caused by landfilling of construction and demolition waste is estimated to increase by 20.2% by 2025. However, if a 50% recycling and reuse rate can be achieved by 2025, the environmental impact will reduce by 33.2% (Maha & Fujiwaraa, 2018). Learn about the detrimental effects of construction waste on …
To benchmark the current wastage practices, quantitative data of material waste in the Pakistani construction industry are gathered through document review of accounting systems, inventory and ...
Strong economic growth and continuing industrialization in Pakistan has led to an uncontrolled increase in waste production. The country generates about 20 million tonnes of solid waste every year, which has been increasing at a rate of over 2 per cent annually. Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, generates over 13,500 tonnes of solid waste …
It will lead the construction managers to better understand the actual situation of construction waste and devise control measures. Skip to search form Skip to ..., title={Quantification of Material Wastage in Construction Industry of Pakistan: An Analytical Relationship between Building Types and Waste Generation}, …
This paper aims at assessing the wastage at construction sites to provide background and baseline information for construction waste management in cities of Province Punjab of Pakistan. The types of construction waste considered for this study include (i) cutting waste (ii) theft and vandalism waste (iii) transit wastes and, (iv) application waste.
Purpose The construction industry struggles in environmental and economic performance due to waste generation. Several studies have measured this waste in the construction industry of developing countries like India, Brazil, China, Nigeria and Iran, and proposed strategies to enhance the overall efficiency. But no such work exists …
An empirical study conducted in the UK construction sector discovered that the primary benefits of LC adoption were an enhanced corporate image, greater productivity, waste reduction, and energy ...
It also highlights the impact of waste on water, soil, air,and public health. Finally, the paper explores waste management solutions such as recycling and waste-to-energy potential in Pakistan. It ...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's 'first plastic road,' carpeted with recycled plastic waste, was inaugurated in Islamabad on Monday, a press release by three organizations that collaborated on the project said. Pakistan has the highest percentage of mismanaged plastic in South Asia. Around 55 billion plastic bags are produced in the country every …
sustainable recycling of construction waste. Pakistan's landfills are full of material that …
1. Introduction. Urbanization and population growth have put a considerable pressure on the construction industry to construct more buildings to fulfill the current and future generations' expectations (Aslam et al., 2020).As a result of increasing construction activities, a tremendous volume of construction and demolition waste (CDW) is …
The construction waste comprises of 30% of the solid waste of Pakistan and it keeps on increasing as there are no proper waste management approaches (Studies, 2021, Oct 19). Therefore, considering that Pakistan generates 48.5 million tonnes of …
The construction sector is the major resource-consuming and waste-producing sector in our modern society, using – on average – more than 40% of the total raw materials extracted from the earth around the world (Krausmann et al., 2017), and at the same time generating more than one third of the world's solid waste by weight (up to …
Generation of construction waste is a worldwide issue that concerns not only governments but also the building actors involved in construction industry. For developing countries like Pakistan, rising levels of waste generation, due to the rapid growth of towns and cities have become critical issue. Therefore this study is aimed to detect the factors, which are the …
of physical waste daily (Iqbal, 2019), construction waste (CW) is a main point of solid …
1. Circular Economy Implications for Construction and Demolition Waste in. Pakistan. by Tayyab Maqsood and Salman Shooshtarian. Tayyab Maqsood is a Professor and the Dean of Project Management at ...
The construction sector is responsible for providing fundamental physical structure required for living and survival of human life. Increased development works have led in resulting the massive amount of waste generation in developing countries. Due to poor management system on sites, it has become more crucial and exerts several …
Findings of this research work are related to current construction waste attributes in Pakistan. View. Show abstract. Construction, Demolition and Disaster Waste Management: An Integrated and ...
In Pakistan, as much as 30 percent of the total solid waste generated comprises of construction and demolition waste, whereas construction materials wastage accounted for 9.8 percent at …
PDF | On Sep 15, 2017, Nadia Qamar and others published Assessment of construction waste to identify issues that disrupt sustainable development: Case studies in Sindh, Pakistan | Find, read and ...
In Pakistan, construction and demolition waste (CDW) is generated in voluminous amount each year. CDW is widely ill-handled and ultimately fed to landfills causing harm to the already alarming ...
Pakistan Construction & Quarry Magazine, abbreviated to PCQ, the only magazine on construction and quarry industry of Pakistan. Skip to content. Tuesday, April 23, 2024 ... CM KP Hands Over Newly Purchased Solid-Waste Machinery to WASA Peshawar. 28/12/2022 28/12/2022 admin 0. New Holland Launches New T7 Heavy Duty At …