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Title:
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YOUNG PROFESSIONALS' CDW RECYCLING OBSERVATIONS |
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Author(s):
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Anne-Marie Tuomala |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8704-51-1 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes, Pedro Isaías, Tomayess Issa and Theodora Issa |
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Year:
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2023 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Circulation Economy, Recycling, Construction and Demolition Waste, CDW, Sustainable Engineering |
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Type:
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Full |
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First Page:
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162 |
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Last Page:
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171 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Finland was the first country in the world to prepare a national road map to the circular economy (CE) in 2016. Since that many industrial fields have been planning and implementing various business applications and the authorities have been developing new regulation. Demolition industry in Finland is unified under Finnish Demolition Association (FDA). It mainly consists of small and medium sized companies (SMEs), which have managed to grow and create new jobs. At the same time there is a growing need for qualified employees and engineers. The FDA noticed that it is a remarkable player as an implementer of the CE goals, as the construction and demolition waste (CDW) is the second biggest waste producer after the mining industry. The demolition industry has done and is able to do new business by innovating, but it needs more qualified forces. The applied university level virtual course Demolition Waste Recycling has been running twice in 2021-2022. The interviewees were 19 recently graduated from universities of applied sciences, who worked in demolition sites during the past years and the interview gathered their observations and innovative ideas. The result has important implications for national policymaking when designing new incentives to speed up the transformation to the CE.Moreover, demolition SMEs lack the resources to promote reuse of side streams, especially where essential actors are missing from the value chain. |
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