Construction and Demolition Waste Management in Croatia with Recycling Overview

TARGET GROUP: CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE

OBJECTIVES

·        To present the options of C&D waste recycling and the recycling technology in a C&D waste recycling plant taking into account the relatively low price of recycled aggregate, long-distance transport is not profitable.

SUMMARY

One of the major problems related to environmental protection in the Republic of Croatia is inadequate waste management. The quantity of waste is increasing, and the existing infrastructure is not sufficient (Official Gazette, 2017a). The waste management sector is exceptionally important for the Republic of Croatia due to numerous reasons. The most important among them is a potential harmful effect on the environment (water, air and soil), on the quality of life and human health, plants and animals, affecting the attraction of Croatia as a tourist destination, as well as the international perception of Croatia as a country of preserved environment and healthy food production. Waste Management Strategy of the Republic of Croatia from 2005 (Official Gazette, 2005b) defined the framework for sustainable waste management in relation to the evaluation of the current status, basic objectives and measures for hazardous and non-hazardous waste management, and guidelines for waste recovery and disposal. In the part referring to the C&D waste, the Strategy aimed at 80% C&D waste recovery. It proposed the conversion of sanitary landfills to inert waste landfills, treatment and disposal of the C&D waste next to waste management centres with mobile or stationary treatment facilities. The total annual quantity of C&D waste was estimated at 2.6 million t. It includes 1 million t/annually of construction waste and 1.6 million t/annually of waste generated during road construction and development projects, tailings generated by the extraction of mineral resources, demolition waste and the waste resulting from military destruction.

REFERENCE:

https://digital.detritusjournal.com/articles/construction-and-demolition-waste-management-in-croatia-with-recycling-overview/166