We create 20m tons of construction industry waste each year. Here's how to stop it going to landfill

By Salman Shooshtarian, Malik Khalfan, Peter S.p. Wong, Rebecca Yang And Tayyab Maqsood, The Conversation

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Building construction and demolition create enormous amounts of waste and much of it goes into landfill.

The Australian construction industry has grown significantly in the past two decades. Population growth has led to the need for extensive property development, better public transport and improved infrastructure. This means there has been a substantial increase in waste produced by construction and demolition.

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