Abstract

Sustainable design and construction is perhaps nothing but conserving natural resources for future generations. Globally, cities generate about 1.3 billion tonne of solid waste per year. This volume is expected to increase to 2.2 billion tonne by 2025. Here, an attempt has been made to study the environmental impacts of construction uses. A viable use of alternatives to virgin materials is discussed. The reuse and recycling of construction and demolition waste (C and D) materials have been emphasized here. It can be concluded that, environmental considerations strongly favor more utilization of wastes keeping in mind the risk of utilization of certain waste materials.