construction & demolition waste

Resource Matter Material. Reuse as a technical option for sustainable design

The proposed contribution, in response to the EU objectives on Resource Efficiency and Circular
Economy, offers a detailed overview of the most up-to-date international experiences on the reuse
of materials in architecture, illustrating in particular the peculiarities of the practices and context
conditions on the closed-loop use of materials in the building sector in Italy. The objective of the
present study, in particular, is to examine the feasibility at national level of the reuse strategy, in

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