| Abstrakt: |
Using construction and demolition waste (CDW) is one of the main goals of the European circulation economy as well as of the Waste Management Plan of the Czech Republic. In 2015, Czech CDW totalled 21.9 million tonnes. This represented not only a significant part of total waste production in the Czech Republic, but at the same time, an important source of secondary raw materials which, after a relatively complicated recycling process, can once again enter into material circulation in the construction industry as a fullvalue building material. While this reuse of material helps in the decreased amounts of waste that would need to be managed, it can only be done if human health and environmental risks of CDW application are minimised. Therefore, because the Czech Republic does not have a comprehensive plan for the regulation of dangerous substances emitted from CDW that may have harmful impacts on human health and the environment, research about CDW use has become one of the main priorities of the Czech Waste Act No. 185/2001 Coll. In this study, the authors performed an overview of CDW definition, production and management as it relates to human health and environmental risks, in preparation for research to quantify these risks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
