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Characterization of wastes from construction and demolition sector

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In Republic of Korea, construction and demolition (C&D) waste accounts for 49.9 % of the total waste. In the present work, the mineralogical composition, the concentrations of 11 heavy metals, 19 PAH, and 7 polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners present in the 6 broad category (9 subcategories) of C&D hazardous waste were discussed along with their leaching characteristics. In concrete/mixed cement waste, the concentrations of As, Cr6+, Hg, and Zn were in the range of 1.76–7.86, ND-1.63, 0.026–0.047, and 110.90–280.17 mg/kg, respectively. The asphalt waste sample A1 possessed relatively high concentrations of phenanthrene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benz(a)anthracene, benzo(a)pyrene, and indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene comparing to the other samples and it contains 0.08–0.1 % of coal tar. Hazardous nature of the C&D wastes greatly depends on the source of the collection. Zn concentration was above 1000 mg/kg for road asphalt waste samples A4 and A5. Total PCB concentration were high in the soil waste sample S1 (130 μg/kg) as it was the excavated soil obtained from the premises of an oil station. Leaching of As, Ba, CN−, and F− were observed in most of the C&D waste samples.

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Abbreviations

1-Mnap:

1-Methyl naphthalene

2-Mnap:

2-Methyl naphthalene

3-MChl:

3-Methylcholanthrene

Acne:

Acenaphthene

AcNy:

Acenapthylene

An:

Anthracene

BaA:

Benzo(a)anthracene

BaP:

Benzo(a)pyrene

BbF:

Benzo(b)fluoranthene

BghiP:

Benzo(g,h,i)perylene

BkF:

Benzo(k)fluoranthene

C&D:

Construction and demolition

Chr:

Chrysene

DBahA:

Dibenz(a,h)anthracene

Fl:

Fluorene

FLA:

Fluoranthene

IP:

Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene

Nap:

Naphthalene

Phe:

Phenanthrene

Py:

Pyrene

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  1. Environmental Technology Division, Central Leather Research Institute (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research), Adyar, Chennai, 600020, Tamil Nadu, India

    Swarnalatha Somasundaram

  2. Resource Recirculation Research Division, Environmental Resources Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research, Hwangyeong-ro 42, Seo-gu, Incheon, 404-708, Republic of Korea

    Tae-Wan Jeon, Young-Yeul Kang, Woo-IL Kim, Seong-Kyeong Jeong, Yong-Jun Kim, Jin-Mo Yeon & Sun Kyoung Shin

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Somasundaram, S., Jeon, TW., Kang, YY. et al. Characterization of wastes from construction and demolition sector. Environ Monit Assess 187, 4200 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-4200-0

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