Construction & Demolition Waste Sorting

Thousands of tonnes of recyclable materials from construction and demolition (C&D) activites are sent to landfill every day. The new EU directive 2008/98/EC requires that by 2020, 70%of these waste streams should be recovered; but current treatment facilities provide only limited scope to sort C&D into recyclable fractions.

C&D waste represents the largest source of waste in Europe and comprises of a complex mix of materials. With modern processing and sorting technology, the recycling rate can be increased significantly and marketable fractions can be generated. Thus it represents an alternative to landfill as where costs constantly increasing.