TY - GEN
T1 - Challenges to Circular Economy Adoption
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Buildings and Structures, ICSBS 2023
AU - Otasowie, O. K.
AU - Aigbavboa, C.
AU - Adekunle, P.
AU - Oke, A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The linear approach which follows the principles of take-make-dispose’ still dominates the construction sector. The relative significant negative implications of this approach on the environment requires a paradigm shift. Circular economy (CE) has been regarded as an approach that could lead to environmentally sustainable development if adopted in the industry. However, there have been concerns in some quarters as regards the challenges to the adoption of CE approach. Hence, this study evaluates the challenges to circular economy adoption in the South African (SA) construction industry. A survey method was selected. Ninety (90) of the one hundred and thirty-five (135) questionnaires that were sent to construction industry professionals in Guateng Province, South Africa, were returned and deemed appropriate for study. One-sample t-tests, Kruskal–Wallis, standard deviation, percentage, and mean item scores were used to analyze the collected data. The findings reveal the significant challenges to the adoption of CE in SA construction industry which are lack of financial incentives, lack of knowledge, low virgin material costs, and lack of design expertise amongst others. This finding could inform construction stakeholders in the country on the present challenges to the adoption of CE and these challenges identified must encourage stakeholders to take significant steps towards addressing the them such that the SA construction industry benefit from this all-important approach.
AB - The linear approach which follows the principles of take-make-dispose’ still dominates the construction sector. The relative significant negative implications of this approach on the environment requires a paradigm shift. Circular economy (CE) has been regarded as an approach that could lead to environmentally sustainable development if adopted in the industry. However, there have been concerns in some quarters as regards the challenges to the adoption of CE approach. Hence, this study evaluates the challenges to circular economy adoption in the South African (SA) construction industry. A survey method was selected. Ninety (90) of the one hundred and thirty-five (135) questionnaires that were sent to construction industry professionals in Guateng Province, South Africa, were returned and deemed appropriate for study. One-sample t-tests, Kruskal–Wallis, standard deviation, percentage, and mean item scores were used to analyze the collected data. The findings reveal the significant challenges to the adoption of CE in SA construction industry which are lack of financial incentives, lack of knowledge, low virgin material costs, and lack of design expertise amongst others. This finding could inform construction stakeholders in the country on the present challenges to the adoption of CE and these challenges identified must encourage stakeholders to take significant steps towards addressing the them such that the SA construction industry benefit from this all-important approach.
KW - Circular economy adoption
KW - Construction industry
KW - South African
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85189518794&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-99-7965-3_19
DO - 10.1007/978-981-99-7965-3_19
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85189518794
SN - 9789819979646
T3 - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
SP - 207
EP - 215
BT - Towards a Carbon Neutral Future - The Proceedings of The 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Buildings and Structures
A2 - Papadikis, Konstantinos
A2 - Zhang, Cheng
A2 - Tang, Shu
A2 - Liu, Engui
A2 - Di Sarno, Luigi
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 17 August 2023 through 20 August 2023
ER -