Expert-based scenarios for strategic waste and resource management planning—C&D waste recycling in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

Spoerri, A; Lang, D J; Binder, C R; Scholz, R W

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.04.011

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Spoerri, A., Lang, D. J., Binder, C. R., & Scholz, R. W. (2009). Expert-based scenarios for strategic waste and resource management planning—C&D waste recycling in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Resources, Conservation, and Recycling, 53(10), 592–600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.04.011

Abstract

Recycling of construction and demolition (C&D) waste is a promising option to conserve scarce landfill capacities, to reduce environmental impacts related to final disposal and to save primary mineral resources. In Switzerland, recycling of C&D waste is well established, but the high recycling rate is considered a labile equilibrium with respect to mid- to long-term developments such as an increase in the generated amounts of C&D waste and a shift in the demand patterns from civil engineering (CE) to structural engineering (SE). In li