Construction — waste

A third of our waste comes from buildings. This one's designed for reuse and cuts emissions by 88% Roberto Minunno, Curtin University; Greg Morrison, Curtin University; Richard L. Gruner, University of Western Australia, and Timothy Michael O'Grady, Curtin University Designing buildings so they can easily be taken apart and the materials reused provides a feasible and commercial pathway for minimising waste and greenhouse gas emissions. Our research shows one such Curtin University building, the Legacy Living Lab in Fremantle, reduces construction waste and cuts emissions to almost a tenth of what a conventional building process would produce. The modular, circular...

  Research project to address waste in the construction industry A new research initiative will look into ways to help the UK construction industry transition in line with the principles of a circular economy.  UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has given £4.35m to a group of universities to help them establish the Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre for Minerals-Based Construction Materials. The research centre will address the current problems in the construction industry by looking at materials and analysing at what point materials become waste. They will also work to solve the technical barriers to a circular economy by looking at...