Recycling potential of building materials: A review

Environmental Footprints and Eco-Design of Products and Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 31-50

  Nautiyal, Himanshu ^a   Shree, Venu ^b   Khurana, Sourabh ^c   Kumar, Niraj ^d   Varun, ^b  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering THDC Institute of Hydropower Engineering and Technology   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Gurukul Vidyapeeth ^*  (India)

^d MORADABAD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Building; Construction; Material; Recycling; Waste

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007279527     PISSN: 23457651     EISSN: 2345766X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-287-643-0_2     Document Type: Chapter

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