A comparative study of sustainable end-of-life management in automobile and construction industry: A case of Kano City, Nigeria

Abstract

It was argued that either the construction industry to continue to be conservative and inefficient on the premise that it was distinctive or it should have opened-up to learn lessons from the best practices models in other sectors like manufacturing. This paper is a comparative study of the sustainable endof-life management practices in the automobile and the Nigerian building sector with the aim of examining the feasibility of construction industry learning lessons from model of the automobile industry. While the practices in the automobile sector were obtained from literature, the practices in the Nigerian construction industry were investigated using in-depth, semi-structured interviews. The participants were construction industry experts with experience in building demolition as directly identified by the researchers or identified using snowball technique. The results of a comparative evaluation of the practices in the two industries shows that the practices in the construction industry can be improved by adopting five sustainable practices from the automobile industry. These are materials sorting techniques, maintaining materials database, reverse logistics and extended manufacturer responsibility, standardisation, and application of advanced material handling technology.

Quality assurance in reverse logistics supply chain of demolition waste: A systematic literature review

“…Before dismantling, conducting a site assessment is encouraged (Akinade et al, 2019) along with a pre-demolition/deconstruction audit (Aminu and Angela, 2018). The preventive site assessment facilitates to search for traces of hazardous materials (Akinade et al, 2019).…”

“…Blaisi (2019) highlighted that legislations are needed to mandate the best practices for managing the DW efficiently and effectively while diverting them away from landfills. Aminu and Angela (2018) pointed out that, in the UK, the Site Waste Management Plan Regulations of 2008 mandate the development of a comprehensive WMP for buildings. Even though regulations in some countries are encouraging QA practices, there are those which confront the execution of QA practices in RLSC of DW.…”

“…The preventive site assessment facilitates to search for traces of hazardous materials (Akinade et al, 2019). Besides which, the pre-demolition/dismantling audit helps to obtain information regarding the type, material quantity and quality of salvageable materials (Aminu and Angela, 2018). This audit helps to classify salvaged waste into reusable, recyclable, hazardous and landfill streams (Kleemann et al, 2017).…”

“…People for QA in RLSC of DW Chileshe et al (2016a) criticised that the designers and builders are not extensively aware of the importance of QA practices such as DfD and DfRL. Furthermore, most of the construction personnel do not understand the purpose of developing a waste management plan (WMP) (Aminu and Angela, 2018). Therefore, the authors stressed that there is a requirement to educate them on practices such as DfD, DfRL and preparation of a WMP.…”