Waste versus resource: updating a well-known practice

"Starting from the concept of sustainable use of natural resources, cross-cutting theme in the research carried. out by the authors, we propose a reflection on the enhancement practice of waste associated with the. anthropization phenomena of a place. The combination of waste - resource while is not a new concept it’s,. from the environmental point of view, highly relevant and, therefore, there is a need to approach the problem. in a systemic way promoting the diffusion of innovative technologies that can maximize the input of these. "resources" in new vital, productive and designing circuits. It is evident, therefore, the necessity to set. strategies of sustainable waste management through its recycle and reuse in order to contribute to the. safeguard and conservation of such a resource. More specifically, from the systemization of critical issues. observed to building and landscape scale with respect to the main human activities, the living, the authors. suggest a synthesis framework about best practices for the recovery, reuse and recycling in the Architecture. project (in particular: waste landscape, C&D materials, storm water, urban gardens) framing this approach in. a logic of technological and design opportunities. Even at national and international level, in order to comply. with the directions contained in the various Framework Directives, there are numerous initiatives oriented. both to the reduction of waste production and to the promotion of innovative strategies by working directly on. the sustainability of construction"