A study of cost effective measures through recycling of waste management: A case Study of MCD

Construction industry is the one which consumes large amount of natural resources in world wide. The use of natural aggregates in the construction industry is more nowadays because of the advanced development of infrastructure. The global annual consumption of natural aggregate in construction industry (NA) will be in the range of 8 to 12 billion tonnes which generally occupy 60% to 75% of the concrete volume. So there would be a critical shortage for natural aggregate in future. Construction and the demolition wastes are generated whenever any construction/demolition activity takes place, such as, building roads, bridges; fly over, subway, remodeling etc. It consists mostly of inerts and the non-biodegradable materials such as concrete, plaster, metal, wood, plastics etc. A part of this waste comes to municipal stream. These wastes are so heavy, having high density, often bulky and occupy considerable storage space either on the road or communal waste bin/container. The potential depletion of the resources, and high energy consumption rates in the process of production, increases the necessity of recycling. Recycling is the process of collecting and processing the materials that would otherwise be thrown away as trash and turning them into the new products. Recycling can benefit community as well as environment.