Legal Framework of Landfilling in Different Areas of the World

Butti, Luciano; Peres, Federico; Lops, C.

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“…Biological matter (primarily timber) also exists in CDW and has the potential to decompose, releasing gasses, chemical and biological residues that are created while being consumed by micro-biota (Vodyanitskii, 2016). Though CDW is classified as "inert" in many geographical jurisdictions (Butti et al, 2018), or as having a low potential impact on the environment (Cerminara and Cossu, 2018), in reality, as we show here, it includes heterogeneously distributed components (materials and substances) that may result in harmful emissions under certain conditions.…”

Section: Challenge 2: Land Disposal Of Construction and Demolition Wa...mentioning

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Construction and Demolition Waste Management: A Systematic Scoping Review of Risks to Occupational and Public Health

2022

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Despite the relatively benign characteristics of construction and demolition waste, its mismanagement can result in considerable harm to human health for 200 million workers and those who live and work in proximity to construction and demolition activities. The high number of workers classified as informal, results in a large unregulated and vulnerable workforce at a high risk of exposure to hazards. We focused a systematic scoping review (PRISMA-ScR) on evidence associating construction and demolition waste with hazards and risks in low- and middle-income countries. We reviewed more than 3,000 publications, narrowed to 49 key sources. Hazard-pathway-receptor scenarios/combinations were formulated, enabling indicative ranking and comparison of the relative harm caused to different groups. Though the evidential basis is sparse, there is a strong indication that the combustible fraction of construction and demolition waste is disposed of by open burning in many low- and middle-income countries, including increasing quantities of high chloride-content PVC; risking exposure to dioxins and related compounds. A long-standing and well-known hazard, asbestos, continues to represent a health threat throughout the world, claiming 250,000 lives per annum despite being banned in most countries. In the coming decades, it is anticipated that more than half of all deaths from asbestos will take place in India, where it is still sold. Comparatively, the highest risks from construction and demolition waste exist in low- and middle-income countries where attention to risk mitigation and control is needed.

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Construction and Demolition Waste Management: A Systematic Scoping Review of Risks to Occupational and Public Health

2022

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“…For the first time at an international level, the principle of environmental sustainability was systematically introduced in an official regulation. No legislation worldwide, in fact, to our knowledge, considers the sustainability concept in regulating landfilling (Cossu, 2016;Butti et al, 2019).…”

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First Worldwide Regulation on Sustainable Landfilling: Guidelines of the Lombardy Region (Italy)

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The environmental sustainability principle, since the Rio de Janeiro Conference (1992) and the Kyoto Protocol (1997), has produced a marked change in environmental protection strategies. In waste management practices this trend is reflected in the passage from a linear to a circular approach, where strong attention is paid to the recovery of resources from waste, with a dramatic reduction of untreated waste landfilling. But deposition of waste on soil still plays a crucial role in acting as a final sink for closing materials loop in Circular Economy. Paradoxically the regulations of landfilling at international level appear obsolete, not taking into account the environmental sustainability concept, still promoting unsustainable approaches, with environmental protection measures mainly based on physical barriers, without any consistent control of long term emissions of contaminants which last longer than the barriers themselves. “Guidelines for Sustainable Design and Management of Landfills” issued by the Lombardy Region in 2014 represents the first official regulation which introduced systematically the principle of environmental sustainability. They highlight the modern role of landfilling as a final sink and promote measures and procedures for controlling the mobility of the potential contaminants in the waste, until reaching, within a generation time, a Final Storage Quality in equilibrium with the environment. The aim of this paper is to illustrate and discuss the main aspects introduced by the Guidelines, offering an interesting base for a future spread of the practical application of the sustainability concept to landfilling.

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Legal Framework of Landfilling in Different Areas of the World

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Construction and Demolition Waste Management: A Systematic Scoping Review of Risks to Occupational and Public Health

Construction and Demolition Waste Management: A Systematic Scoping Review of Risks to Occupational and Public Health

First Worldwide Regulation on Sustainable Landfilling: Guidelines of the Lombardy Region (Italy)

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