Stadt-Land-Plus - Verbundprojekt: Integrated concept for mineral waste and land management for the sustainable development of urban-rural relationships - INTEGRAL

Digital decision support tool for the effective production and use of recycled construction materials and strengthening of the urban-rural relationship

Coordination: TU Dresden – Institute of Waste Management and Circular Economy

Project description:

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Increased urbanisation and the associated population decrease in rural areas are leading to demolition in these areas, which generates more and more mineral waste. That waste has to be deposited in landfills caused by its diversity. The logistical effort is also considerable, as the average distance to the place of disposal is increasing due to the shortage of landfills. The growth of cities, on the other hand, creates a constant demand for building materials such as sand and gravel, which are becoming increasingly narrow. This project combines both trends by processing mineral waste from rural areas and using it as recycled construction materials in cities. This not only ensures that primary resources are conserved, but also reduces the land use of landfills and the land use of gravel mining. In order to enable the production and use of recycled building materials, key stakeholders in the region will be identified, the material flow will be analysed, the processing of the building materials will be researched and the legal framework for using them as recycled building materials will be examined. At the end there is a decision support tool that summarizes all results and is supposed to enable the use of recycled construction materials in practice and thus improve the urban-rural relationship.

The preparation of a bachelor or master thesis is always possible.