Sweta Jayeshbhai Mistry

UI4005

Material passport

Surat, one of India’s fastest-growing cities, faces mounting challenges in managing Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste due to rapid urban redevelopment and infrastructure expansion. Despite being a Smart City and having a designated C&D waste processing facility with a capacity of 300 tonnes per day, Surat generates over 310 TPD of C&D waste daily, of which only 270 TPD is collected. This gap indicates that a large share is either unsegregated or illegally dumped due to poor on-site inventory and tracking. Current systems lack transparency in material flows, reuse potential, and emissions accounting. A Material Passport system can bridge this gap by digitally cataloguing material types, quantities, recyclability, embodied carbon, and resale values at the project level. By doing so, it enables traceability, regulatory compliance, early planning for circularity, and market development for secondary materials ultimately turning the city’s waste burden into a circular economy opportunity.

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Solid Waste Generation Trends and Zone-wise Analysis in Surat

Correlation Between Urban Economic Growth and C&D Waste Generation in Surat

Barriers to Effective C&D Waste Recycling and Disposal in Surat’s Expanding Urban Fringe

From Source to Sink: Identifying Gaps and Proposing Digital Solutions in C&D Waste Management

Methodology, Global Best Practices, and Digital Toolkit for Surat’s C&D Waste Reform

Bridging System Gaps through Material Passports: Relevance, Benefits, and Structure

Digitizing C&D Waste Management: Data Inventory, Market Potential

Digital Backbone and Implementation Strategy for Surat’s Material Passport System

Cost Recovery Framework and Implementation Timeline for C&D Waste Reform

Risk Mitigation and Long-Term Impact of Waste Tracking Platform