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Recycle Construction and Demolition (C&D) Debris
Construction Waste Handbook
Worksheet Economics
C&D Resources
Education Program
After designing out waste in the construction plans, understanding your waste stream and identifying opportunities to reduce it, and correspondingly reducing your disposal costs is the most significant opportunity to minimize waste, your capital. The possibilities are immense but the most likely success in our area will come from metals recycling, wood recycling, wood salvage and wood reuse, masonry items have a strong market, and cardboard recycling is readily available. Unfortunately there is no current market based answer for gypsum in our area so onsite grinding makes a great deal of sense. Asphalt shingle recycling opportunities exist as does the onsite grinding alternative.
The Recycling section includes a calculator you might want to try and apply to do the economic analysis and the Information section has some of the recycler in our area. The HGAC website has this information also.
Additional Resources
Designing Specifications and Waste Management Plans (http://www.metrokc.gov/dnrp/swd/construction-recycling/specs-plans.asp)
This fact sheet provides a model plan and model specifications for inclusion into a contractor's waste management plan. King County, Washington, 2001.
Hazardous Waste Minimization Checklist & Assessment Manual for the Building Construction Industry
California Environmental Protection Agency Department of Toxic Substances Control, May 1993. This workbook was developed to aid the construction industry in evaluating its operations in the interest of reducing the amount of wastes generated. It will guide the contractor through an evaluation of operations and reduction options using a checklist, tables and rating system. Worksheets are also provided to assist in determining which options are the most cost effective for implementation. For a copy of the workbook, contact the Office of Pollution Prevention and Technology Department, P.O. Box 806, Sacramento, CA 95812-0806 or (916)-322-3670.
Construction Waste Management Handbook (http://www.smartgrowth.org/library/constwastemgmt_hndbk.html)
This handbook provides a step-by-step discussion of a construction waste management plan developed and applied by The Homestead Habitat for Humanity (HHFH) at their Jordan Commons development. The handbook includes details on the calculation of disposal costs (potential savings), waste composition, identification and selection of recycling and reuse outlets, on-site training, material sorting procedures, and more. A must-read for anyone interested in developing a construction waste management plan. National Association of Home Builders Research Center for Homestead, Florida Habitat for Humanity, 1996.
Calculating the Cost-Effectiveness of Jobsite Recycling – Are there dollars in your dumpster? (http://www.metrokc.gov/dnrp/swd/construction-recycling/calculate.asp)
This site provides a series of worksheets to help determine how much of what materials are produced at the job-site, and the cost of recycling versus disposal. King County Solid Waste Division, 2001.
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