期刊
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
卷 147, 期 -, 页码 57-65出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.01.075
关键词
Waste management legislation; Landfill; Aggregate tax; Incentives; Design out waste; Recycled materials; Deconstruction plan; Sustainability policies; Construction management
资金
- Innovate UK
- Balfour Beatty PLC [22883-158278, 101346]
Legislation and fiscal policies have remained the key drivers of construction waste minimization. It has often been suggested that reducing waste to the landfill does not only require improvement on existing waste management policies and fiscal framework; there is a need for adequate inputs from the construction professionals. As a means of engendering effective waste management policies, this study explores industry practitioners' viewpoints on effective policies for minimising waste landfilled by the UK construction industry. Using exploratory sequential mixed method approach, qualitative and quantitative methods were used. In the first phase of the study, data was collected through focus group discussions with 24 experts from the UK construction industry. Findings from the qualitative study served as an input into a questionnaire, which was used to elicit a wider opinion from 63 experts at the quantitative stage of the study. The study suggests that for waste management legislation and policies to effectively drive construction waste minimization, six key measures are important. These include (i) provision of tax breaks and incentives to good waste performers and waste management businesses; (ii) increased targeting of design stages in policies; (iii) Extension of sustainable design appraisal systems by allocating more points to proven waste performance measures; (iv) increased stringency of legislative measures by requiring use of proven waste efficient design, procureMent and construction methods; (v) increased stringency of fiscal policies by increasing penalties for poor waste performance; and (vi) corroboration of policy requirements with enablers and facilitators. The strategies through which each of the legislative and fiscal measures could be tailored and enhanced are discussed in the paper. By embracing both Stringent and palliative policy measures suggested in the study, substantial construction waste could be diverted from landfill. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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