Quantifying the Impact of Circular Economy Applied to the Built Environment:

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" Quantifying the Impact of Circular Economy Applied to the Built Environment: "
Aldaaja, Mohammad El Asmar, Mounir

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1104372
Doc. No	:	TLpq2226598403
Main Entry	:	Aldaaja, Mohammad
	:	El Asmar, Mounir
Title & Author	:	Quantifying the Impact of Circular Economy Applied to the Built Environment:\ Aldaaja, MohammadEl Asmar, Mounir
College	:	Arizona State University
Date	:	2019
student score	:	2019
Degree	:	M.S.
Page No	:	72
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 usd3.7 billion from redirecting C&D waste using the CE concept in the United States.
Subject	:	Civil engineering
	:	Environmental engineering
	:	Sustainability