Addressing barriers and unveiling opportunities for plastic waste recycling in the New Zealand construction industry

Thomson, Penelope; Low, Joanne K.; Berry, Terri-Ann

doi:10.3389/frsus.2024.1487972

Addressing barriers and unveiling opportunities for plastic waste recycling in the New Zealand construction industry

Construction and demolition (C&D) waste represents up to 50% of the waste filling New Zealand's (NZ) landfills (Level, 2020), with plastics contributing about 4% (Ministry for the Environment, 2007). This percentage is high compared to the global rate for C&D waste, estimated to represent 36% of …