Construction and demolition waste is a major environmental concern in most of the Indian municipalities, as the CW generated in India is 150 MT and accounts for 35%–40% of the global C&D waste annually. India recycles only 1% of the C&D waste that is produced, according to Center for Science and Environment estimates.
Despite the regulations and schemes in India, onsite implementation of C&D waste management is difficult. C&D waste management is among the major sustainability deliverables, however, it is presumed to involve high capital investment and is characterized by a low collection rate, low recycling, and increased open dumping.

This webinar discusses the challenges in collection and transport, concerns about finances, complications in addressing pricing of recycled C&D waste products, collaboration between institute, industry and government & most importantly how from Indian context, there is a need for robust estimation and characterisation of C&D waste to design systems for material recovery.

Moderator
  • Brajesh Kr. Dubey

    Professor, IIT Kharagpur, India

    Prof Brajesh Kr. Dubey is presently Professor – Resource Recovery and Circular Engineering, Dept. ...
Speakers
  • Pradeep Khandelwal

    Retired Chief Engineer, East Delhi Municipal Corporation

    Pradeep Khandelwal, having 38 years of professional experience, recently retired as Chief Engineer i...
  • Sudhir Kumar Barai

    Director and Senior Professor of Civil Engineering at BITS Pilani-Pilani campus

    Sudhirkumar Barai is a Director and Senior Professor of Civil Engineering at BITS Pilani-Pilani camp...
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