ABSTRACT
In Western Europe, the yearly amount of construction and demolition waste, is about 0,7 to 1 ton per inhabitant. This is nearly twice the weight of the municipal solid waste. Far the biggest part of this construction and demolition waste is good recyclable, at least, if it is brought into a recycling installation in a good condition, considering the requirements of the recycled products. This is only possible, if in demolition practice these aspects are sufficiently taken in account. Demolition guidelines can constitute a powerful tool to improve the quality of the waste and to raise the quantity of the recyclable fraction. However, demolition guidelines are only effective if they, being one tool in a global concept for the stimulation of the recycling of construction and demolition waste, can act in synergy with other initiatives. (1)
2 Demolition guidelines as par t of a global concept for the stimulation of the reuse of construction and demolition waste:
2.1 Materials and waste streams A global concept for the stimulation of the reuse of construction and demolition waste starts with a clear insight in the waste streams (scheme 1) and in the mechanisms, who steer these streams. The waste is generated during construction, renovation and demolition of roads, buildings, . . . It 's transported to recycling installations, on site or centralised (sometimes via a separation installation), or to landfill or, in some cases to an incinerator. The use of recycled aggregates in construction works closes the circle.
