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February 20, 2024 Benefits Customers Seeking Certification from U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Program The ReSource Waste Services of Lewiston facility that recycles construction and demolition waste (C&D) has been certified by the Recycling Certification Institute (RCI). The RCI certification was based on a rigorous evaluation performed by an …Read More

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LEED v5 for O+M: Existing Buildings (Beta Version) shows promise in addressing some of the hard(er)-to-recover materials in demolition, renovation, and remodeling projects. Materials like carpet, acoustical ceiling tile, furniture, and gypsum wallboard/drywall tend to have higher embodied-carbon ratings, so incentivizing their pathway into closed-loop product take-back manufacturing systems makes sense. Looking at it from …Read More

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Welcome to 2024 How was 2023? Not great, but fairly good, all things considered. Some facilities struggled, which is not unusual in this industry. Most would agree C&D recycling is often challenging, sometimes exciting, but you would be hard pressed to find anyone walking around saying how easy it is. On a positive note, many …Read More

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C&D World 2024 January 31 – February 2 | Bonita Springs, Florida C&D World, the CDRA’s Annual Meeting, is held each spring and is the meeting place of the C&D industry. Attendees range from the top management of leading C&D hauling and recycling companies to individuals just starting out in the business and the vendors …Read More

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On January 31, 2023, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve Public Works staff’s proposed updates to LA County’s C&D Ordinance.  The background is below, as well as a link to the Board of Supervisors January 31, 2023 public hearing.  The proceedings, under Item 6. Hearing on County Code, Title 20 – Utilities …Read More

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CalRecycle Announces a New round of Grants  Maybe you’ve been thinking about recreational trails for your community or creating safer bicycle trips while reducing car trips and emissions.  How about quieter streets in neighborhoods and business districts?  Do tires keep finding their way into your facility?  Take a look at previous awards and see how …Read More

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“C&D World 2022 Success” That is the headline in CDRA’s recent newsletter and comments I’ve heard from attendess would echo that message.  The C&D industry looks to be firing on all cylinders and on the advance.  From CDRA: “What a great show!” was the consensus from attendees at C&D World 2022, the Annual Meeting of …Read More

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From Recycling Today – September 15, 2020 While COVID-19’s impact pertaining to amplified residential and diminished commercial volumes has been well documented, its specific effect on the C&D material stream hasn’t garnered as much attention. At a Sept. 15 WasteExpo Together Online session titled “C&D and COVID-19: Where do we go from here?” a panel of industry …Read More

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How often is it we hear the phrase “Quality versus Quantity”?  It sometimes elicits a sense of conflict as if to suggest the two are mutually exclusive.  In the current landscape of rules and regulations for C&D recovery, C&D facilities are being pressed to achieve higher quantities of recovered materials while at the same time …Read More

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This Latest News post comes to you from the “Turn Back Time” department. The Recycling Certification Institute (RCI) remains engaged on numerous issues directly and indirectly related to third-party certification.  One of the key issues for 2019 has been the United States Green Building Council’s (USGBC) updates to LEED.  A prior version of LEED (v4) …Read More

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