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1995<br />

Year<br />

2000<br />

Waste from engineering<br />

works being recycled<br />

Waste from building<br />

sector being recycled<br />

Waste from engineering<br />

works being landfilled<br />

Waste from building<br />

sector being landfilled<br />

2005<br />

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100<br />

Weight (Million tons)<br />

Figure 2 Amount of the recycled and land filled the C&D waste<br />

1995<br />

Asphalt waste<br />

Concrete waste<br />

Soil waste<br />

Mixed waste<br />

Year<br />

2000<br />

Wood waste<br />

2005<br />

Other waste<br />

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100<br />

Weight (Million tons)<br />

Figure 3 Type and amount of C&D waste<br />

1995<br />

Asphalt waste<br />

Others<br />

Year<br />

2000<br />

Soil waste<br />

Mixed waste<br />

Wood waste<br />

Concrete waste<br />

2005<br />

0 10 20 30 40 50<br />

Figure 4 Amount of landfill waste.<br />

Weight (Million tons)<br />

of the whole C&D wastes was 58% in 1995 and 92% in 2005. The waste being recycled is<br />

increasing and the waste being landfill is decreasing.<br />

1.4 Type and amount of C&D waste<br />

The type and amount of the C&D waste are summarized in figure 3. 34% of the C&D waste was<br />

asphalt waste, 41% was concrete waste, 10% was soil waste, 4% was mixed waste and 6% was<br />

wooden waste in 2005. The amount of the mixed waste has dramatically decreased.<br />

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