The sustainable management of construction and demolition waste (CDW) should play a significant role to achieve the SDG11 for sustainable cities and communities as well as the SDG12 on responsible consumption and production. However, the construction sector is still a major contributor to the waste generated within the European union and contributes with around 25-30 percent of the total amount. The EU followed by the Swedish agencies and the professional associations have defined successive policies to increase the recycling ratio of CDW and mitigate its negative effect. The role of these public policies is to define and to encourage the implementation of sustainable solutions. In the case of management of CDW and in particular the renovation and demolition waste, those policies are not delivering the expected result. Building on multiple regulatory levels with the intent to govern professional’s behavior, they so far fail to support change in practice. The aim of this study is therefore to study and analyze how the policy framework and professional guidelines are defining the conditions for adopting more sustainable waste management practices in the industry. The study is based on a document analysis of grey literature in terms of governmental reports, official guidelines, regulatory publications and other publicly published documents concerning CDW management. The analysis highlight ambiguity and contradictions within the material as to how the challenges concerning CDW should be addressed. There is a misalignment between the different actors view on definitions, responsibility and the design of roadmaps toward a more sustainable agenda. This ambiguity and complexity could explain the maintaining of the current practices, hampering practitioners to act. We therefore emphasize the need for a more coherent framework to create the necessary conditions for the industry to move towards a more sustainable agenda.

建筑和拆除废物的可持续管理（CDW）应在实现可持续城市和社区的 SDG11 以及负责任消费和生产的 SDG12中发挥重要作用. 然而，建筑部门仍然是欧盟内部产生的废物的主要贡献者，约占总量的 25-30%。瑞典机构和专业协会紧随其后的欧盟制定了一系列政策，以提高 CDW 的回收率并减轻其负面影响。这些公共政策的作用是定义和鼓励可持续解决方案的实施。在 CDW 管理方面，特别是翻新和拆除废物的管理方面，这些政策并没有达到预期的效果。建立在多个监管层面以管理专业人员的行为，到目前为止，它们未能支持实践中的变化。因此，本研究的目的是研究和分析政策框架和专业指南如何定义在行业中采用更可持续的废物管理实践的条件。该研究基于对灰色文献的文件分析，包括政府报告、官方指南、监管出版物和其他公开发表的有关 CDW 管理的文件。该分析强调了材料中关于如何应对与 CDW 相关的挑战的模棱两可和矛盾之处。不同参与者对定义、责任和路线图设计的看法不一致，以实现更可持续的议程。这种模棱两可和复杂性可以解释维持当前做法，阻碍从业者采取行动。