In this paper the major issues related to the generation of construction waste are discussed from the point of view of sustainability of buildings. This concept requires the adoption for new constructions of creative and efficient projects, with appropriate solutions to the various cycles of life, including the provision for recycling and disposal of materials at the end of the useful life of the building. One of the problems concerning the management of civil construction waste is that segregation of materials by class, aiming at their subsequent recycling or disposal, only happens in the city of Rio de Janeiro within large projects with installed construction sites, although more than half of the produced amount of waste comes from small works which discard their waste into street dump-carts or simply thrown it away on public roads or wastelands. A circular management plan is herein suggested, especially geared for small waste generators, including mandatory segregation of all materials, installation of public collection points through the city neighborhoods and implementation of treatment centers of construction waste, operated by associations of waste collectors, aiming the production of recycled materials. The success of this proposal depends on the effective participation of all agents involved in the process, as the government, owners, companies and other professionals in the construction industry.
Circular logistic; Civil construction waste; Sustainable buildings; Rio de Janeiro