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Background: After the disaster recovery is well underway, residents
and businesses will begin rebuilding. Rebuilding includes two aspects that are important
for disaster planning:
- selecting recycled-content products (RCPs) for building, and
- separating materials at the construction jobsite to maximize recovery.
Products: The key to diverting construction and demolition (C&D) debris is to
promote products using the debris as feedstock. Recycled-content construction products
will be discussed in two categories:
- inerts, and
- general building products.
Contents: This chapter contains five sections.
Largest category: The largest category of disaster debris is inerts,
such as concrete, asphalt, and rubble. Most inerts can be processed into construction
products. The following is a list of inert product categories.
Aggregate: The largest product category using recycled inerts is
aggregate base under paved roads, made from crushed concrete and asphalt. Other common
uses are gravel roads, base for building foundations, and fill for utility trenches. (See Recycled
Aggregate fact sheet,, Attachment A)
Asphalt: Broken asphalt pavement can also be crushed and used in new
asphalt pavement, usually as 15%content. This practice is common in southern California.
(See Asphalt Pavement Recycling fact sheet, Attachment B).
Inert product promotion: Most recycled inerts are used in road
rehabilitation and other public works projects. Application methods of recycled inert
products are often different from their virgin counterparts, so some education is
required.
Actions: The following is a list of suggested actions to promote these
products with public works personnel.
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SUGGESTED ACTIONS |
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Meet with City/County engineers to: • establish a dialog and learn the engineers' concerns
with recycled products,
• supply the fact sheets Recycled Aggregate
and Asphalt Pavement Recycling. (see Attachments A and B).
• review existing City/County specifications
for road base and asphalt pavement,
• provide copies of Caltrans' Standard Special
Provisions (SSPs) for recycled aggregate base and subbase. (See Recycled Aggregate
fact sheet for details to download from World Wide Web, or to order from CIWMB.)
• provide a list of local suppliers of recycled
aggregate and asphalt, such as Recycled-Content Construction Products. (See
Attachment C). |
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Consider holding workshop so that recyclers can instruct City/County
engineers in the use of their recycled products. |
Examples: There are many types of recycled products used in buildings.
Some examples are:
- glass-bonded floor tile,
- cellulose insulation,
- metal and fiber/cement roofing shingles,
- wall panels,
- polyester carpets,
- carpet cushion,
- latex paint, and
- plastic lumber.
Although many of these products do not use disaster debris as feedstock, it is still
wise to encourage their use to help develop long-term recycling infrastructure.
Actions: The following table presents a list of suggested sources of information on
construction-related RCPs.
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Suggested sources of information on
construction-related RCPs |
| 1 |
CIWMB's RCP database is on World Wide Web at [http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov].
(This database includes the Recycled Products Guide and the Harris Directory, but cannot
be downloaded). |
| 2 |
Recycled-Content Construction Products, a spreadsheet of 450
manufacturers of products available in California. (See Attachment C, or order updates
from CIWMB's Hotline 1-800-553-2962, pub#431-96-018). |
| 3 |
Recycled Products Guide (RPG), catalog of all types of RCPs, 5,000
listings including building products, has separate California section. $295 for one-year
subscription, 1-800-267-0707. |
| 4 |
Harris Directory is a database of 1,800 building products, (505)
995-0337. |
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Clean Washington Center's Directory of Recycled-Content Building and
Construction Products, (206) 464-7040. |
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CIWMB's list C&D Recycling--Organizations/Publications is a
one-page spreadsheet that includes some local and national directories of
construction-related RCPs. (Order from CIWMB's Hotline 1-800-553-2962, pub#431-96-019) |
Examples: There are many players in the construction industry, most of
whom can select or veto products. Examples are owners, developers, architects, specifiers,
contractors, and building officials. Products must be specified in the building contract.
(A fact sheet on specifications and contract language should be available in early 1997).
Actions: The following is a list of suggested actions to encourage RCP
selection.
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A list of suggested actions to encourage RCP
selection |
| 1 |
Determine which products have been properly tested and meet industry
standards, and obtain those product specifications from the manufacturer. (Promoting
sub-standard products does not help the recycling industry. See guide Construction
Product Approval Process, Attachment D.) |
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Make construction RCP lists available at local recycling hotlines. |
| 3 |
Provide lists of RCPs and product specifications to owners, developers,
architects, specifiers, contractors, and building officials. On some projects, 'owners'
will be City or County governments. |
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Determine if City or County procurement guidelines inadvertently preclude
RCPs in local government buildings |
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Consider having city council pass a motion
requiring minimum procurement for certain RCPs in public buildings. |
Type of assistance: Local manufacturers of construction RCPs may need
assistance. If they are expanding or in start-up phase, they may need financing or
assistance with permits. The following is a list of suggested actions to assist
manufacturers.
| # |
A list of suggested actions to assist
manufacturers |
| 1 |
Refer manufacturers to your local Recycling Market Development Zone
(RMDZ) Coordinator. |
| 2 |
Refer manufacturers to CIWMB's R-Team at (916) 341-6600 for financial,
technical, permitting, and marketing assistance. |
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Consider creating an RMDZ in your city if you haven't already done so. |
| 4 |
Provide to new manufacturers the guide Construction Product Approval
Process. (See Attachment D). Manufacturers of construction products must have their
products tested in order to compete in the marketplace, and to follow building code safety
requirements. |
Actions: Following is a list of suggested actions to encourage
separation and recycling of construction waste at new construction sites.
| # |
Suggested actions to encourage separation and
recycling of construction waste at new construction sites. |
| 1 |
Make available to contractors: • local list of C&D recyclers,
or CIWMB's statewide list C&D Recyclers -- Processors & Receivers (Pub
#431-96-017)
• information on jobsite separation, such as Job
Site Source Separation fact sheet (see Attachment E).
• materials facts sheets, such as Drywall
Recycling and Urban Wood Waste. (See Attachment F).
• economics worksheet, to determine
cost-effectiveness of each job. |
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Consider attaching to each new construction permit issued • some of the documents in #1 above,
• a requirement for the contractor to submit a waste management plan. The plan
could include jobsite separation, and possibly some recycling. |
Attachments
- Recycled Aggregate fact sheet.
- Asphalt
Pavement Recycling fact sheet
- Recycled-content Construction Products fact sheet.
- Construction Product Approval Process fact sheet.
- Job Site Source Separation fact sheet.
- Drywall Recycling and Urban Wood Waste fact sheet.
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