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" Quantifying the Impact of Circular Economy Applied to the Built Environment: A Study of Construction and Demolition Waste to Identify Leverage Points "
Aldaaja, Mohammad El Asmar, Mounir

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1051280
Doc. No	:	TL50397
Main Entry	:	Aldaaja, Mohammad
Title & Author	:	Quantifying the Impact of Circular Economy Applied to the Built Environment: A Study of Construction and Demolition Waste to Identify Leverage Points\ Aldaaja, MohammadEl Asmar, Mounir
College	:	Arizona State University
Date	:	2019
Degree	:	M.S.
student score	:	2019
Note	:	72 p.
Abstract	:	The built environment is responsible for a significant portion of global waste generation. Construction and demolition (C&D) waste requires significant landfill areas and costs billions of dollars. New business models that reduce this waste may prove to be financially beneficial and generally more sustainable. One such model is referred to as the "Circular Economy" (CE), which promotes the efficient use of materials to minimize waste generation and raw material consumption. CE is achieved by maximizing the life of materials and components and by reclaiming the typically wasted value at the end of their life. This thesis identifies the potential opportunities for using CE in the built environment. It first calculates the magnitude of C&D waste and its main streams, highlights the top C&D materials based on weight and value using data from various regions, identifies the top C&D materials' current recycling and reuse rates, and finally estimates a potential financial benefit of
Descriptor	:	Civil engineering
	:	Environmental engineering
	:	Sustainability
Added Entry	:	El Asmar, Mounir
Added Entry	:	Arizona State University