Wang Jiwei, secretary-general of the China Association of Resource Comprehensive Utilization, (male, 1st from left) is invited to join a discussion on recycling construction waste, at a global eco forum in Guiyang on Friday, July 19, 2013. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]
The fast pace of urbanization in China has put great pressure on resources when promoting economic growth.
To solve the problem, changing wastes into valuables is a good way for sustainable development. But can Chinese people accept living in a house built from recycled construction waste? How should the government and real estate developers work together to promote and update this concept?
Experts participating in an eco-forum currently underway in Guiyang, a city in southwest China, are giving their advice. CRI's Wei Tong has the story.
Reporter: China produces over 300 million tones of construction waste every year, but only a small proportion of construction debris is recycled.
Wang Jiwei, secretary-general of China Association of Resource Comprehensive Utilization, pointed out at a special forum on recycling resources that many places have recently yielded bold incentives which encourage local companies to recognize the market value of construction waste resource recycling.
"Real estate developers in China have been using disposed construction materials but they choose to conceal the truth from the public. In reality, they are given support by the relevant government departments including the ministries of construction and environmental protection which encourage the building of green housing."
Industry insiders say China has mastered technologies for recycling construction waste, but the recycling industry is stagnating because few Chinese people want to live in an apartment building made of construction debris.
Wang Jiwei added that since western countries people wouldn't mind the house they live in is actually built of construction debris, we should ask what western countries have done to convince their citizens.
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