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According to Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri, India's rapidly expanding construction sector is expected to overtake the United States as the third-largest in the world by 2025. "The construction industry is the country's second-largest employer and has forward and backward linkages across 250 sectors of the economy," the minister said at the opening of the National Workshop on Recent Development with Recycling and Use of Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste in the Construction Sector.
According to figures on the country's urbanisation demands, India must add approximately 700-900 million square meters of commercial and residential space annually by 2030. "If India is going to be a developed country by 2047, infrastructure will be a vital component in our ambition," he said.
The workshop, organised by CPWD in collaboration with SINTEF Norway, allowed the participants engaged in the construction sector to deliberate on various aspects of promoting the use of C&D recycle items in the construction industry. Experts in the field of C&D recycle products/items are participating in the workshop to disseminate their views and apprise the advantages of using the above products in sustainable development.
Acknowledging the environmental considerations, especially C&D waste associated with the construction sector, the minister said that with increasing construction activity, finding more efficient solutions to manage the C&D waste that will arise is imperative. Talking about the challenges and opportunities of C&D waste in India, Puri said that construction and demolition waste is one of the largest solid waste streams in the world. He said that, as per estimates, the construction industry in India generates about 150-500 million tonnes of C&D waste every year.
"This brings many challenges to the forefront, such as unauthorised dumping, a lack of space for disposal, and improper mixing with biodegradable waste. In this context, there is a huge demand for technologies that will support waste reduction and recycling waste material," the minister said.
Highlighting the government's efforts towards sustainable waste management, the Minister noted that the urban missions launched in 2015 are shining examples of the government's green vision to adopt sustainable infrastructure creation and service delivery methods. The minister said solid waste processing has risen significantly from a mere 17% in 2014 to more than 77% in 2024.
"Now, we are transferring these capabilities to other forms of waste management, including C&D waste, plastic waste, e-waste, and bio-hazardous waste. The government has released elaborate guidelines on these issues," he added.
"Our government has released comprehensive guidelines across the value chain on effective disposal of C&D waste." Speaking on the strides made by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) in changing the mindset of all stakeholders towards C&D waste management, the Minister highlighted that MoHUA has advised all states, union territories, and urban local bodies to collect data on C&D waste generation for every major city/town and promote the separation of C&D waste at source and establish institutional mechanisms for C&D waste collection.
Sharing his thoughts on the effectiveness of the government in C&D waste processing, Puri said that the NCR region alone generates 6,303 TPD of C&D waste per day; out of this, almost 78% of the waste is processed daily. In his concluding remarks, the Minister urged the stakeholders to help the government devise better strategies for effectively utilising C&D waste.
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