This paper presents a case study on the implementation of the construction and demolition waste management practices in the Malaysian construction sector. The scope was limited to the housing and high-rise buildings. Characterization of reuse and recycling potential was done using descriptive statistics. It is estimated that the waste generated by the housing sector is approximately 16% of the gross materials used, which is about 8.8 million tons/year, and 32% of such waste (approximately 2.8 million tons/year) has the potential for reuse and recycling. However, the high-rise building construction generates construction waste in a large quantity of more than 10 million tons/years (about 70% of the building construction waste), which shows a high potential for reusability and recycling. The reasons behind the low recycling potential for the construction and demolition (C&D) waste generates by the housing sector are found that its quality is low and contains some types of contaminants.

本文提供了一个有关在马来西亚建筑部门实施建筑和拆除废物管理实践的案例研究。范围仅限于住房和高层建筑。使用描述性统计数据对重复利用和回收潜力进行了表征。据估计，住房部门产生的废物约占所用总材料的16％，即约880万吨/年，其中32％的废物（约280万吨/年）具有再利用的潜力，回收。但是，高层建筑建筑产生的建筑垃圾每年超过1000万吨/年（约占建筑建筑垃圾的70％），这显示出可重复使用和回收的巨大潜力。