{"id":9291,"date":"2022-01-18T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T10:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focus.cbbc.org\/?p=9291"},"modified":"2025-04-23T09:45:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T09:45:19","slug":"the-uk-firms-fixing-chinas-construction-waste-management-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focus.cbbc.org\/the-uk-firms-fixing-chinas-construction-waste-management-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK firms fixing China’s construction waste management problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

In China in 2018, only 10% of construction waste was reused or recycled compared to 90% in the EU, and over 40% of the world\u2019s mobile crushers and screening machines are produced in Northern Ireland: here’s how NI manufacturers are helping China achieve a circular economy<\/h2>\n

Northern Ireland is a globally recognised centre for the design and manufacture of material handling equipment, specifically, mobile crushing, screening, conveying and washing equipment for the mining, quarrying, construction and resource recovery industry. Over 40% of the world\u2019s mobile crushers and screening machines are produced in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

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This equipment has an important role to play in helping to achieve a circular economy by processing construction and demolition waste and turning it into materials that can be reused for other construction and infrastructure projects. This is key in a country like China, where the construction industry is expected to record an annual growth rate of 6.4% up until 2025.<\/p>\n

At the same time, according to EnvGuide, the amount of construction and demolition waste produced in China has increased from 0.470 billion tons in 2006 to 3.037 billion tons in 2020, and this figure may exceed 4 billion tons by 2026. Despite this, many Chinese cities lack the equipment needed to process these waste byproducts, meaning that in 2018, only 10% of construction waste was reused or recycled compared to 90% in the EU.<\/p>\n