 Use of recycled products in UK construction industry: An empirical investigation into critical impediments and strategies for improvementLukumon O. Oyedele, Saheed O. Ajayi and Kabir O. Kadiri Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2014, vol. 93, issue C, 23-31 Abstract: Construction industry consumes about half of all material resources taken from nature, and generates a large portion of waste to landfill. A way of tackling negative environmental impacts impending from continuous material extraction and waste generation is the use of recycled materials for construction projects. However, the use of recycled materials is yet to become a commonplace in construction industry. This study evaluates the factors hampering the use of recycled products in UK construction industry as well as strategies that could be adopted to enhance its use in the industry. In order to identify the impediments and critical strategies, a two-fold methodical approach was used. An unstructured interview preceded a quantitative questionnaire survey which was used to elicit broader industry practitioners’ opinion. Keywords: Recycled products; Construction industry; Impediments and strategies; Landfill; Specification (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:recore:v:93:y:2014:i:c:p:23-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.09.011 Access Statistics for this article Resources, Conservation & Recycling is currently edited by Ming Xu More articles in Resources, Conservation & Recycling from Elsevier |
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