Streamlining Sustainability: Innovative Approaches for Hazardous Waste Treatment - A Comprehensive Overview

The construction sector has played a dynamic part in the economy by contributing a major portion of its GDP towards the development of infrastructure of Pakistan and also employment generation sector to help in minimizing the poverty ratio of the country. In the recent past, Pakistan has witnessed severe urbanization and that has not only added to problems of infrastructure but has added to problems related to waste management. Some of the activities undertaken in this work included; Reviewing literature to determine the current best knowledge on waste management, interviewing different stakeholders with a view of identifying the existing conditions, surveying to identify the current state of waste management. The primary recommendations discussed are: the encouragement of material re-used, the improvement of training activities, and the overall regulation of waste generation data collection. Hence, these recommendations are made in order to establish sustainable practices in Construction Industry in Pakistan along with improving the operation efficiency of waste management system. However, provided below are some preliminary recommendations which are designed to address the existing issues in waste management within the construction sector of Pakistan in general since the survey is still in progress. The three principles of waste disposal include waste minimization which is reduce, utilizing waste again, which is reuse, and recycling.