Laws related to Management for Recycle Concrete Aggregate (RCA) on Developing Countries: Case study of Thailand

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Lapyote Prasittisopin

Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

: Expert Opin Environ Biol

Abstract

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Recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) has been widely adopted in developed countries, but little in the developing or underdeveloped countries1-3. Regarding legal policies in most developing and underdeveloped countries are currently not well addressed4-5. The objective of this research is to study legal issues for the management of RCA in the case of Thailand, by comparing it with the developed countries in the case of Japan, where the RCA is successfully commercialized. The management theory used is Circular Economy-Concrete Recycle, CE-CR, consisting of planning, organizing, execution, direction, control, and review6. The results of the study revealed that the recycling process of concrete waste in developed countries including Japan must be managed reduction of construction and demolition waste from situ, sorting, operational control, to recycling processes7-9. Japan has a law specifically promoting the circulation of waste disposal and RCA manufacturing processes. A clear designation of responsible agencies is established. There is no overlapping operation allowing the accomplished circulation of waste from construction and demolition in Japan. When compared to the legal issues in the case of Thailand, no specific law on the recycling of construction and demolition waste is currently present. Such RCA is only classified as a part of general solid waste. The RCA management is therefore the same procedure of general waste disposal process. The legal policy to manage concrete waste which, if properly implemented, will be reused for cost-effective, leading to economic benefits. Additionally, the proper and specific legal policy will also create preserving the environment as the sustainable solution for our construction industry.
Recent Publications:
1. Akhtar A, Sarmah AK (2018) Construction and demolition waste generation and properties of recycled aggregate concrete: A global perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production 186: 262–281.
2. Aryal DR, Wang YW (2003) Neural network forecasting of the production level of chinese construction industry. Journal of Comparative International Management 6(2): 45–64.
3. Behera M, Bhattacharyya SK, Minocha AK, Deoliya R, Maiti S (2014) Recycled aggregate from C&D waste & its use in concrete – A breakthrough towards sustainability in construction sector: A review. Construction and Building Materials 68: 501–516.
4. Duangmanee V, Tuprakay S, Kongsong W, Prasittisopin L, Charoenrien S (2018) Influencing Factors in Production and Use of Recycle Concrete Aggregates (RCA) in Thailand, Journal of Technology Management and Innovation 5: 203–215.
5. Sereewatthanawut I, Prasittisopin L (2020) Environmental evaluation of pavement system incorporating recycled concrete aggregate. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology 13: 455–465.
6. Tupakuy S, Kittinaraporn, W (2020) Circular Economy Management Model for Recycle concrete in Thailand, Proceedings of the 12th NPRU National Academic Conference, Thailand 173-180.
7. Yu Y, Yazan DM, Bhochhibhoya S, Volker L (2021) Towards circular economy through industrial symbiosis in the Dutch construction industry: A case of recycled concrete aggregates. Journal of Cleaner Production, 293: 126083.
8. Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan. “Construction Material Recycling Law (Outline).” from http://www.env.go.jp/en/laws/recycle/09.pdf,February 21, 2016.
9. Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan. “Laws: Waste& Recycling.” from https://www.env. go.jp/en/laws/recycle/, October 21, 2016.

Biography

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Lapyote Prasittisopin is a faculty member at Department of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University and has his expertise in sustainability, materiality, and architectural engineering. He was researcher at Siam Cement Group for 7 years to conduct industrial research in construction materials. He earned LLB law degree from Sukhothai Thammathirat; PhD Civil Engineering and MS Material Science degrees from Oregon State University; and BEng Chemical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University. He has developed new commercialized products including recycle aggregate and 3D cement printing and published more than 40 publications and 12 patents. Apart from academic background, he is also the advisor for The National Committee on Economics, Monetary and Finance, Secretariat of the House of Representatives of Thailand.