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Retrofits versus building new: we need whole of industry change | The Fifth Estate

August 31, 2020 guttercherry

More than 20 million tonnes (or megatonnes, MT) of waste was generated in 2017 from the construction and demolition industry – more than a third of Australia’s waste production. And nearly all of it is sent to landfill.

Source: Retrofits versus building new: we need whole of industry change | The Fifth Estate

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