The Construction Circular Economy Initiative under the auspices of the German Building Materials Association recently published a new monitoring report with figures on the generation and fate of mineral construction waste. According to Dr. Matthias Frederichs, Managing Director of the German Building Materials Association, "mineral construction waste is now almost completely recycled". This relieves the burden on landfills and conserves primary raw materials.
On the kreislaufwirtschaft-bau.de website, the initiative breaks down how much construction waste was generated in 2020 and what percentage of "soil and stone", "building rubble" and "road rubble", for example, can or must be recycled, recovered or disposed of. Of 129.2 million tons of "soil and stone", 75.1 percent could be recovered and 10.6 percent recycled. 14.3 percent would have to be disposed of.
In 2020, 60 million tons of construction waste were also generated. According to the initiative, 78.8 percent of this can be recycled and 15.7 percent reused. 5.5 percent of the construction waste would still have to be disposed of. Of the 16.9 million tons of road rubble produced, 92.2 percent could be recycled and 3 percent reused. 4.1 of the road rubble would have to be disposed of. Further information, for example on the volume and fate of gypsum-based construction waste, is available at kreislaufwirtschaft-bau.de.
Source: kreislaufwirtschaft-bau.de
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