CONSTRUCTION
Figure 8 shows the different stages of the construction industry and the strategies to make it more circular.
INDUSTRY CONTEXT With a workforce of more than 500,000 and accounting for 10% of Switzerland’s GDP, the construction industry is a heavyweight of the Swiss economy. Every day, an area equivalent to the size of 6,400 car parking spaces is concreted over in Switzerland23. This industry is also the country’s leading source of waste, accounting for more than 80% of the total waste generated annually (8.7 tonnes per inhabitant24): 57 million tonnes of excavation waste and 17 million tonnes of demolition waste25.
Recycling companies, manufacturers of concrete, aggregates and other construction materials
Companies dedicated to collecting, listing and re-selling second-hand construction materials and elements
Recycling and re-use of waste
Tracing of ma
TRANSFORMATION Ecodesign
EXTRACTION
Businesses specialising in materials extraction
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Producers of concrete, gravels, aggregates and other building materials
CONSTRUCTION
General contractors, concrete and construction materials manufacturers, individual masonry contractors
