Aiming for zero construction waste by 2030

1 The construction industry should make efforts to dispose of hazardous components at secured landfills or have them recycled at licensed facilities.

ZERO waste at construction sites by 2030. Though this announcement was made at the Community Integration Declaration in Canada in September, industry players in Malaysia will have to sit up and listen all the same.

At the “Towards Sustainable Construction Waste Management in Malaysia” seminar, 200 participants from various fields were given a breakdown by Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Corporation (SWCorp) research and technology division director Dr Mohd Pauze Mohamad Taha.