... Construction waste Demolition Policy instruments Circular economy Regulatory framework The majority of past studies on CDWM policies have been conducted in individual national contexts, spanning countries from Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. These includes studies in Hong Kong (Lu and Tam...

...: 09 07 2025 03 12 2025 02 03 2026 27 03 2026 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Zero-waste construction site Construction waste Industry association Evolutionary game Funding: This work...

...Dat Tien Doan; Hadeel Albsoul; Athira Ravipillai Shobha; Ali GhaffarianHoseini; Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini Purpose Rapid construction growth is increasing construction and demolition waste and associated environmental burdens. Construction waste management involves structured practices aimed...

... Construction waste Social-cognitive theory Regional heterogeneity Circular economy China National Natural Science Foundation of China 42201268 42571303 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100021171 Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation 2025A1515012231 http://dx.doi.org...

...Jingkuang Liu; Di Xu; Xiangtianrui Kong Purpose The management of construction waste carbon emissions is a critical issue for stakeholders and policymakers. This study evaluates waste generation and carbon emissions across the construction waste management (CWM) process, identifies key factors...

...Hexin Yi; Weisheng Lu; Liang Yuan; Zhikang Bao Purpose Nudge theory has demonstrated its efficacy in shaping policy tools, especially in the realm of environmental management. Yet, its application in construction waste management (CWM) remains largely unexplored. Thus, this study delves...

...Li Wang; Mengqin Zou; Tao Wang; Muxi Zhong Purpose This study aims to identify the key factors of construction waste reduction behaviors (WRB) and quantify the influencing mechanism. A model was constructed based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and Bayesian network (BN) to explore...

...Zhenshuang Wang; Yanxin Zhou; Tao Wang; Ning Zhao Purpose Reducing construction waste generation and carbon emission in the construction industry is crucial for the “dual carbon” goal. Evaluating the efficiency of reducing construction waste generation and carbon emission in the construction...

...Emmanuel Chidiebere Eze; Douglas Omoregie Aghimien; Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa; Onyinye Sofolahan Purpose This paper aims to present the result of an assessment of the potential effect of building information modelling (BIM) adoption on the reduction of construction waste (CW) from a developing...

... 2020 02 07 2021 07 02 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Construction waste Quantitative data Subcontracting Cost impact Waste management plan The construction industry is flourishing in developing...

...Mohamed Saad Bajjou; Anas Chafi Purpose Waste is typically encountered during the building's life cycle, from the design phase, through the construction phase, to modification and demolition. Most of these construction wastes are unnoticed or unattended by project managers, which lead to serious...

... stage widely reckoned as being decisive for construction waste minimisation, the purpose of this paper is to identify designers’ competencies for designing out waste. Design/methodology/approach – Due to paucity of research into competency for construction waste mitigation, this study corroborates...

...O.O. FANIRAN; G. CABAN Waste minimization strategies and the relative significance of construction waste sources were examined using a survey of 24 construction firms operating in Australia. The results indicated that a sizeable proportion of respondent firms did not have specific policies...