Economic Evaluation of Reuse and Recycle of Construction Waste in India

History of Human evaluation indicates that the growth obtained since industrialization era to till date is with consumption of various resources and production of waste. The growth of human kind is conveniently considered as equivalent to the growth of construction industry, which is also the major source of waste. Approximately half of the wastes generated and landed in landfill are from Construction and Demolition waste (CDW). Materials ended as waste of CDW often consists high economic value as well as environmental threats. Since the concept of sustainable development, recycle and reuse of waste are in practice globally, it is now almost indispensable to reuse and recycle construction and demolition waste to utilize the resources utmost and gain economic benefits and to prevent environmental deterioration. This paper categorizes different types and sources of CDW. It also describes current scenario and model for economic evaluation of recycle and reuse.