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CUMHURIYET 9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON APPLIED SCIENCES, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, 30 August 2023, pp.246-252, (Full Text)
In regions with intense urbanization, construction and demolition wastes have the highest share
among solid wastes. There are various difficulties in the management of these wastes, such as
insufficient disposal site, high cost of land and transportation; together with the environmental
risks they may occure. Especially in the management of construction and demolition wastes
arising from structures that have been demolished/damaged as a result of disasters such as
earthquakes, the preparation of plans created according to various scenarios will contribute to
reducing the environmental risks caused by these wastes.
The management process of the storage of construction demolition wastes after the disaster is
very important in terms of human life and the return of cities to normal life. This management
process is necessary in terms of both eliminating the turmoil in the environment immediately
after the disaster and accelerating the intervention and restructuring process. Creating a plan in
advance for all types of situations that may arise during this process will be of great benefit in
determining the work flows of public and non-governmental organizations after a possible
disaster.
The situations that may arise after the disaster are grouped under two main headings. As the
first topic, there is the management of the storage process of the construction demolition waste,
which consists of the buildings completely destroyed after the disaster, in the uncontrolled
temporary storage areas after the search and rescue works are carried out.
The second topic is the need for demolition or reinforcement of heavily and moderately
damaged structures. In this case, the construction demolition wastes will contain
recyclable/reusable materials that can have economic value such as brick, sand, wood, glass,
plastic and metal. Therefore, in the management of these wastes, it is important to prepare plans
for disposal and recovery / reuse, which are created according to different scenarios, and to
reveal cost analyzes.
In this study, the difficulties that may be encountered in the management of the processes of
collecting and storing the construction demolition wastes that will occur after the disaster in a
way that will cause the least damage to the environment and in the most economical way for
the transition to normal life are discussed