The aim of this article was to expose the current state of affairs regarding the generation of waste in Belo Horizonte so as to present the main characteristics of construction civil waste (CCW) involving their typology, origin, predominance in their composition, as well as data about the construction sites that generated them, their construction pattern and type of building. The results show that the majority of the waste generated in Belo Horizonte is of ceramic base, deriving from house renovations construction sites classified as normal finishing standard located mainly in the center south and Pampulha areas. By determining these characteristics it was possible to establish recommendations applicable to the recycling plants as well as to the waste management system in Belo Horizonte to minimize the causes of the variability of the recycled aggregates generated from construction civil waste.
waste management; recycling; recycled aggregates; variability
