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Evaluating the COVID-19 impacts on the construction and demolition waste management and resource recovery industry: experience from the Australian built environment sector
Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, Vol.24(10), pp.3199-3212
2022
PMID: 36212109
Abstract
The COVID-19 crisis has brought unprecedented challenges to many sectors, including the built environment. The construction and demolition (C&D) waste management and recovery industry is an essential service provider to this sector. Like other industries, this industry has been affected by the pandemic in many ways. However, in Australia, this impact has not been thoroughly investigated. This study, therefore, explores COVID-19 impacts on the Australian C&D waste recovery and construction industry as the major waste consumer and generator. To achieve this aim, a literature review and a series of semi-structured interviews were conducted with 27 participants representing five stakeholder groups (government, construction, waste recovery, material supplying and consultancy) across five Australian states. The research findings established that there is a critical need for leveraging digital technologies, developing business contingency plans, creating coalitions between government and industry, and diversifying supply chains to reduce supply chain risks. This study also uncovered a range of targeted responses and recommendations to manage pandemic-induced disruptions and improve the circular economy in the industry. Our findings can immediately assist industrial practitioners and government decision-makers in managing the impacts of COVID-19 on the waste recovery activities in C&D waste and other waste streams.
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- Title
- Evaluating the COVID-19 impacts on the construction and demolition waste management and resource recovery industry: experience from the Australian built environment sector
- Authors
- Salman Shooshtarian (Corresponding Author) - RMIT UniversitySavindi Caldera (Author) - Griffith UniversityTayyab Maqsood (Author) - RMIT UniversityTim Ryley (Author) - Griffith University
- Publication details
- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, Vol.24(10), pp.3199-3212
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date published
- 2022
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10098-022-02412-z
- ISSN
- 1618-9558; 1618-954X
- PMID
- 36212109
- Copyright note
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- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99724997202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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