The production of municipal solid waste has increased noticeably during the recent past due
to the mounting global population and fast urbanization. Furthermore, its poor management …

Abstract With the Waste Framework Directive in 2008, waste prevention was promoted as
the first priority. However, the actual implementation of waste prevention activities has so far …

Successful planning and operation of a solid waste management system depends on
municipal solid waste (MSW) generation process knowledge and on accurate predictions of …

Over the past decades, we have seen the quantities of solid waste increase in close relation
to economic growth. To tackle this problem of continuing waste growth, the EU has on its …

The overall aim of this study is to investigate the potential of Building Information Modelling
(BIM) for construction waste minimization. We evaluated the leading BIM design software …

Municipal solid waste has seen increasing annual volumes for many decades in
contemporary Europe and constitutes, if not properly managed, an environmental problem …

A shift is underway in China, from perceiving municipal solid waste (MSW) as a strictly
environmental concern to identifying MSW as a resource. China exhibits a growing focus on …

This paper proposes a web-based construction waste estimation system (WCWES) for
building construction projects incorporating the concepts of work breakdown structure …

Norway has a long history in trying to develop management tools for sustainable
development. From the early development of natural resources accounts in the 1980s …

This paper traces plastics streams through the German economy. A material flow simulation
model is used to analyze the production of plastics products, their use and residence times …