The Evaluation of Construction Waste Management in Northern Cyprus

Abstract

It is universally agreed that the modern construction is immensely bounded with waste management and waste minimization as it contributes to an increase in construction and post construction expenses in order to collect, handle, transport and transfer waste materials.In this study, the current situation of waste management in Northern Cyprus and more specifically the situation in of Famagusta are analyzed. In addition, available governmental codes and regulations were taken into account and the implementation of the aforesaid regulations was investigated.The most important problem behind the waste management system being ineffective was established to be the lack of awareness among different members of industry about advantages of waste reduction and disadvantages of a defective system. In Northern Cyprus, there is minimal technology available for recycling materials such as paper recycling and mostly reusing methods for on-site construction.Therefore, the most efficient resort to enhance the current situation of waste management in construction industry of Northern Cyprus, is to minimize the generated waste, or to try to use materials which could be reused on construction site.As the result, weak areas were highlighted and suggestions and recommendations were made in order to enhance the waste management system and to reduce the generated waste. My sincere thanks also go to all my friends who have helped me finish this thesis.They were available for me whenever I needed something from them.viii