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Article

Analysis of Waste Generation Characteristics during New Apartment Construction—Considering the Construction Phase

by
Young-Chan Kim
1,
Yuan-Long Zhang
2,
Won-Jun Park
3,
Gi-Wook Cha
4,
Jung-Wan Kim
5 and
Won-Hwa Hong
2,*
1
Innovative Durable Building and Infrastructure Research Center, Hanyang University, 55 Hanyangdaehak-ro, Sangnok-gu, Ansan 426-791, Korea
2
School of Architecture, Civil, Environmental and Energy Engineering, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehak-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 41566, Korea
3
Department of Civil Engineering, Kangwon National University, 346, Jungang-ro, Samcheok-si, Gangwon-do 25913, Korea
4
Department of Architectural Engineering, Jeju National University, 102 Jejudaehak-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province 63243, Korea
5
POSCO E&C, Building Works Division, Building Technology Group 241, Incheon tower-daero, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 22009, Korea
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(18), 3485; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183485
Submission received: 14 August 2019 / Revised: 10 September 2019 / Accepted: 13 September 2019 / Published: 19 September 2019
(This article belongs to the Collection Environmental Risk Assessment)
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Abstract

The waste generation rate (WGR) is used to predict the generation of construction and demolition waste (C&DW) and has become a prevalent tool for efficient waste management systems. Many studies have focused on deriving the WGR, but most focused on demolition waste rather than construction waste (CW). Moreover, previous studies have used theoretical databases and thus were limited in showing changes in the generated CW during the construction period of actual sites. In this study, CW data were collected for recently completed apartment building sites through direct measurement, and the WGR was calculated by CW type for the construction period. The CW generation characteristics by type were analyzed, and the results were compared with those of previous studies. In this study, CW was classified into six types: Waste concrete, waste asphalt concrete, waste wood, waste synthetic resin, waste board, and mixed waste. The amount of CW generated was lowest at the beginning of the construction period. It slowly increased over time and then decreased again at the end. In particular, waste concrete and mixed waste were generated throughout the construction period, while other CWs were generated in the middle of the construction period or towards the end. The research method and results of this study are significant in that the construction period was considered, which has been neglected in previous studies on the WGR. These findings are expected to contribute to the development of efficient CW management systems.
Keywords: waste generation rate (WGR); construction waste (CW); generation characteristics; new apartment construction waste generation rate (WGR); construction waste (CW); generation characteristics; new apartment construction

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Kim, Y.-C.; Zhang, Y.-L.; Park, W.-J.; Cha, G.-W.; Kim, J.-W.; Hong, W.-H. Analysis of Waste Generation Characteristics during New Apartment Construction—Considering the Construction Phase. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 3485. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183485

AMA Style

Kim Y-C, Zhang Y-L, Park W-J, Cha G-W, Kim J-W, Hong W-H. Analysis of Waste Generation Characteristics during New Apartment Construction—Considering the Construction Phase. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(18):3485. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183485

Chicago/Turabian Style

Kim, Young-Chan, Yuan-Long Zhang, Won-Jun Park, Gi-Wook Cha, Jung-Wan Kim, and Won-Hwa Hong. 2019. "Analysis of Waste Generation Characteristics during New Apartment Construction—Considering the Construction Phase" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 18: 3485. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183485

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Kim, Y.-C., Zhang, Y.-L., Park, W.-J., Cha, G.-W., Kim, J.-W., & Hong, W.-H. (2019). Analysis of Waste Generation Characteristics during New Apartment Construction—Considering the Construction Phase. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(18), 3485. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183485

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