Abstract
Currently, the solid wastes discharged by the construction industry amounts to 85 millions tons per year. Furtheremore, extraordinary amount of demolition wastes, which may cause more severe environmental problems, is anticipated to be discharged in the near future, and therefore urgent measures to solve these problems are strongly required.
For this purpose, we, construction industry, developed a plan named “Action plan for recycling of construction wastes” in Feburuary 2003 in accordance with the national promotion plan for recycling.
The outline of this plan and details of recycling system for construction wastes are stated in this paper.
