Construction
Patterns and Recommendations
17.
Waste –
Reducing construction and
demolition waste
 The NAHB Research Center has estimated that for every 20 houses built,
enough materials are wasted to build another house. Eliminating
this kind of waste not only saves material resources, but also prevents the unnecessary
expense of buying materials that go unused, and then paying to dispose of those unused
materials.
Recommendations:
§
Include contract language requiring the builder to develop a job-site waste
management plan that includes packaging, construction, and demolition waste.
§
Provide collection bins for recyclable materials on site.
§ Order materials wisely, without allowing overage percentages.
§
Provide incentives for the builder to reach waste prevention and waste stream
diversion goals through source reduction, recycling, and reuse on-site.
§
Require subcontractors to participate in the waste management plan.
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Mulch debris, clean wood waste, and drywall scrap for site application.
Reference:
§
RecyclingPlus
Program Manual: Best Practices for Construction Site Recycling
Clean Washington Center
§ Construction
Waste
Management NAHB
Research Center
§ California
Integrated Waste Management Board (Publications on various aspects of construction
and demolition waste, including Job-Site Separation fact sheet.)
§ Recycle
This!, Associated General Contractors promotional brochure and
fact sheets on recycling asphalt, concrete, steel and wood.
§ Creative Solutions to Jobsite Waste, Journal
of Light Construction
§ King
County Washington Construction Recycling Documents,
including "Sample Waste Management Plan" and "Project Waste
Analysis Worksheet."
Applied in Case Studies:
§ Cascadia
§ GreenHOME I
§
Home Town –
Neighborhood Development
§ Northside Strawbale Project
§ O’Brien – Cunningham Home
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