Management and recycling of constructional solid waste in Turkey

Abstract

Control and management of solid waste materials created during/after building/demolition and renewal of a structure is one of the most important problems of modern societies today. Solid waste materials which are differentiated depending on properties of structure and construction technique generally consist of materials such as concrete, brick, stone, briquette, wood, metal, glass, gypsum, plastic, ceramic. The matter of reuse was created as a result of limited capacity of reserves of sources and increased consumption depending on increase of population. Today it is possible reuse of various solid wastes. Consequently, evaluation of construction wastes which are used as primary aggregate source in construction industry, became very important in our world where natural sources were finished. Target of that study is examining utilization ratio of materials preferred during building process of structures by recycling at the end of utilization life for "Construction/ demolition wastes management and reuse"; control of environmental pollution, ecologic balance and economical development and discussion by providing examples from Turkey. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.