Sustainable Method for Construction and Demolition Waste: A Review

India’s construction industry plays a vital role in our country’s economy. Over the past few decades, development in infrastructure has been a boon but has also led to serious environmental issues. Development in infrastructure has a dark side in the generation of an enormous amount of construction and demolition waste due to the construction, renovation, or demolition of a structure. This article discusses the status of C&D waste, sustainable methods to reduce environmental impacts, challenges, and current scenarios around the world. This review study also discusses implementing a zero-waste strategy in the construction industry to reduce and optimize C&D waste. Mishandling and mismanagement of the waste have been done for a long time, and the potential in terms of materials recovery is realized. Also, the article discuss about the reuse of various material available as recycled materials. Government of the India also implied various rules and regulations for a zero-waste strategy and motivated the public to use recycled materials. Recycled materials have some specific characteristics to other materials so more reliable than normal raw materials and more economical. The recycled materials have 10% less price than the normal materials.