Introduction to the recycling of construction and demolition waste (CDW)

Handbook of Recycled Concrete and Demolition Waste

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-6

  Pacheco Torgal, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Construction and demolition wastes (CDW); Life cycle assessment (LCA); Recycling; Resource efficiency; Waste management

Indexed keywords

CHARGE DENSITY WAVES; LIFE CYCLE; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); RECYCLING TARGETS; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES;

DEMOLITION;

EID: 84926616362     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857096906.1     Document Type: Chapter

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