Construction & Demolition Waste Recycling Guide & Directory
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Recycle Today for County of San Bernardino Construction & Demolition Waste Recycling Guide & Directory a Better Tomorrow Our mission is to minimize waste disposal by encouraging waste prevention, reuse and recycling while ensuring environmentally sound solid waste handling services. Save money and resources Construction & Demolition Waste through job-site recycling & Recycling Guide & Directory waste prevention County of San Bernardino Department of Public Works Solid Waste Management Division 222 W. Hospitality Lane, 2nd Floor San Bernardino, California 92415-0017 800/722-8004 909/386-8701 Website: www.sbcounty.gov/dpw/solidwaste E-mail: [email protected] SOME CONTENT COURTESY OF King County Solid Waste Management Division City of Los Angeles San Mateo County Inside this Booklet 2 Introduction 3 The Reuse Concept 4 Starting a Program 7 Hazardous Materials 10 County/City Contacts 11 Franchise Haulers 12 San Bernardino County Landfill Sites 13 Notes Inclusion in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by The County of San Bernardino of any business entity, product, or service. Introduction A Whole Lot to do About Something Conserving Our Natural Resources State law requires that jurisdictions throughout the State C&D materials can be recycled into a number of useful divert 50% of the solid waste they generate from the landfills. products. Concrete and asphalt wastes are crushed for use Some San Bernardino County comunities are below the as aggregate base in road construction; metal can be sold as 50% diversion goal, while others fight to remain above it. scrap to processors for recycling. Wood and green wastes can Construction and demolition material has been targeted for be used for soil amendment; good quality red clay brick is diversion by the County of San Bernardino because of the marketed by building materials companies; and corrugated significant amounts of debris generated by the construction cardboard can be recycled into new cardboard packaging. All industry. If diversion rates do not reach or stay above 50%, of these recycling efforts help to conserve natural resources, State fines could be as high as $10,000 per day, for each day one of the primary goals of resource recovery. of violation. Construction and demolition (C&D) are materials generated Beginning a C&D Recycling Program in the construction and demolition of buildings, roads, The first step in recycling your C&D waste materials is to pre- homes, tenant improvements, landscaping, hardscaping, assess the amounts and composition of your waste; the time and site clearing activities. This waste stream includes, but is frame in which materials will be generated; and the amount not limited to: concrete, asphalt, gypsum, wood waste, glass, of space available for separation of materials at the site. With ferrous and non-ferrous metals, red clay brick, corrugated this information, you can begin to determine what wastes will cardboard, soils, trees, and shrubs. This guide provides be generated and if the quantities will be significant enough information on reducing, reusing, and recycling the volume to warrant source separation. Depending on the availability of construction and demolition materials at the source. of storage and hauling, decisions can be made as to those Extending The Life of Our Landfills materials to separate out from the mixed wastes. Of course, the more materials that are eliminated from the mixed Available landfill space in San Bernardino County is wastes, the more money you can save. decreasing. As mentioned above, the State of California enacted legislation requiring that localities reduce the Reducing Your Waste Hauling & Disposal Costs amount of waste they send to landfills. To reach this goal, it If your C&D materials are currently being sent to the landfill, is essential that the C&D waste stream be managed through source reduction, reuse, and recycling efforts. Fortunately, your disposal costs may be unnecessarily high. The tipping there can be considerable cost savings to contractors who fees for concrete and asphalt at San Bernardino County reduce or recycle these materials. These savings will increase operated landfills, for example, currently average about as landfill capacity diminishes and disposal costs increase in $55 per ton. Tipping fees at concrete and asphalt recycling the coming years. As of yet there are no ordinances regarding facilities can be as low as $10 per ton. Your company may the recycling of C&D debris for the County of San Bernardino. be able to save money through avoided disposal costs and However, beginning January 1, 2011, the State of California receive revenues from the sale of presorted materials such as will require all new buildings in the state to follow the CA scrap metal and cardboard. Green Building Standards. CALGREEN will require a 20% The cost of transporting materials to recycling processors reduction in water use, a 50% diversion rate for construction may be a concern to contractors. Trucking and transportation and demolition waste and installation of low polluting/ costs may range from $65.00 and up per hour each way. As emitting materials. San Bernardino County operates the shown in this listing guide, San Bernardino County has many Comprehensive Disposal Site Diversion Program (CDSDP) at recycling facilities, some of which are located close to County most County disposal sites. The objective of the program is to landfills. Contractors can make arrangements to have bins increase recycling efforts in response to the state-mandated provided and have C&D materials source separated and waste reduction goals. Residential and commercial customers hauled from construction sites. There are processing firms are charged an additional fee to have their loads reviewed that will provide on-site crushers for recycling and reuse of and recyclables sorted and diverted from the waste stream. concrete and asphalt, which may reduce hauling and disposal Items that are diverted include: wood/green wastes, tires, fees. Waste haulers may offer special services, at reduced fees, concrete, metal and other C&D materials. Remember to let for source-separated construction material. the scale house know that you need diversion receipts for your project to stay in compliance with your construction waste management plan. 2 INTRODUCTION Some materials can be separated and reused in be done through the franchise haulers, employee volunteers their existing form at the site or by other businesses and or by donating/selling your recyclables to an outside recycling organizations. By participating in a materials exchange, a vendor. Please note that the County does have exclusive company can improve its bottom line: reducing disposal fees franchise haulers and paying for trash or recycling services and saving money. This may require some advanced planning. when a franchise hauler holds a contract is a violation of There are several organizations that may be able to reuse your County Code Title 4, Division 6, Chapter 5, Section 46.0501. unwanted materials: Non-Residential Land Clearing Debris Deconstruction As per the CalGreen Building Codes, all non-residential In terms of building and construction, deconstruction is the construction projects must divert 100% of their excavated soil dismantlement of building components to be reused on site and land clearing debris including but limited to trees, stumps, or recycled at another construction site. This is also known rocks, and associated vegetation and soils to a diversion site or as reverse construction and differs from demolition because reused onsite (Section 5.408.4). the materials are sorted and reused in the construction of a Habitat for Humanity – San Bernardino Area new building instead of being landfilled or recycled into new products. The materials involved in deconstruction now have A non-profit organization, Habitat for Humanity uses a new life in the new building being built. volunteer labor and donated materials to build and rehabilitate housing for low-income families and sells them at cost. This Demolition is a quick and inexpensive way to take down a organization relies heavily on donations for its building structure though it generates a lot of waste that increases the supplies, and often is in need of a wide variety of construction cost of a project through transportation costs. By deconstructing materials. For example, plywood and dimensional lumber a building and reusing it onsite, the project reduces their are greatly needed. Habitat for Humanity has limited storage transportation and disposal costs reduces their need for virgin space, moves from site to site, and must comply with strict materials and can eve reduce the cost of purchasing new building codes; any donations must be pre-approved and materials because the old materials still have value. arranged with the organization in advance. If you have any For more information on deconstruction, check out the materials that can be reused by this organization, contact: Deconstruction Manual put out by CalRecycle (formerly the Habitat for Humanity, Restore (San Bernardino area) 25948 California Integrated Waste Management Board (2001)) http:// Business Center Dr., Redlands, CA 92374 909-478-1176 or www.calrecycle.ca.gov/publications/condemo/43301027.pdf email [email protected]. Visit their website at www. habitat4humanity.net. Mandatory Commercial Recycling Amor Ministries Assembly Bill 341, signed into law on October 6, 2011, started the ball rolling to implement mandatory