title: Overview regarding construction and demolition waste in Spain.
abstract: The construction sector comprises a number of activities that may result in environmental impacts of considerable magnitude, waste generation being one of the major negative effects of this industry due to the large streams generated. Proper knowledge of the environmental problem caused by the sector is of great importance in order to achieve an effective waste management. Thus, this paper analyse the Spanish situation regarding construction and demolition waste (CDW) compared with other European Union countries; which sets out the current figures of the CDW scenario (legislation, generation, composition, treatment and market) as well as the difficulties encountered when handling this residue.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences , University of Leon , Leon , Spain.
authors.forename: Desirée
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Robles
authors.affiliation: a Department of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences , University of Leon , Leon , Spain.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García-González
authors.affiliation: a Department of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences , University of Leon , Leon , Spain.
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Juan-Valdés
authors.affiliation: a Department of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences , University of Leon , Leon , Spain.
authors.forename: Julia M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Morán-Del Pozo
authors.affiliation: a Department of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences , University of Leon , Leon , Spain.
authors.forename: M Ignacio
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Guerra-Romero
mesh_terms: D060389:Construction Industry; D003252:Construction Materials; D005062:European Union; D033161:Government Regulation; D007220:Industrial Waste; D059027:Recycling; D013030:Spain; D018505:Waste Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste
keywords: CDW; composition; legislation; management; recycling