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Construction Waste Recycling in Virginia

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Virginia joins other states across the nation with C&D Recycling • Faced with crowded landfills Virginia currently rely mostly on Landfill’s and transfer stations for processing C&D waste • Mandated recycling rate • High Construction Costs • Environmental concerns (Base on DEQ statistics) Virginia recycles 5% of its C&D waste

C&D Recycling A Growing Market • Municipalities and States target the bulky material looking to reduce landfill tonnage and increase recycling rates.

• Recovery and processing plants are being built in different regions to offer contractors opportunity to recycle construction waste.

• However market outlets play an important role for the Individual commodities.

• Cost: tipping fee versus processing fees determines whether to recycle the material or landfill.

C&D Recycling A Growing Market • Private Industry and Municipalities seeks DEQ permitting for C&D recycling.

• Private Industry and Municipalities plan material recovery and material marketing.

• Materials recovered from C&D plants need homes of reuse and recycling that equals landfill reduction and economic savings.

Recycling Encouraged in the Commonwealth • Virginia Department of General Services leads the commonwealth in recycling construction and demolition debris and implementing green practices, while trying to minimize cost .

• The Virginia Department of General Services decided to recycle all the building material of their 14 th street project of 2 abandoned buildings.

C&D Recycling Encouraged in the Commonwealth

Consolidated Laboratory Demolition Motor Fuel Testing Lab.

C&D Recycling Encouraged in the Commonwealth • The project yielded 14,000 tons of asphalt, concrete, steel and other mixed debris.

• 12,750 tons of concrete were recycled on site through the use of a concrete crusher.

• Other materials were sent to recycling facilities • The project had a savings min. $485,000

C&D Recycling Encouraged in the Commonwealth

Concrete Steel Sorted Metal

C&D Recycling Encouraged in the Commonwealth

On site crushed concrete used for backfill

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• • • 7 levels 485,000 square feet 1,522 parking spaces

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Completion on August 1, 2005

C&D Facilities in the Commonwealth Fauquier County C&D Waste Recovery Facility In August, 2007, Fauquier County Environmental Services opened a construction waste recovery facility as a means to divert valuable reusable materials from the county landfill. As “ green ” becomes a red hot subject, Fauquier County supports owners/builders in the region with a means toward their LEED certification by recycling their construction waste. Currently, 55% of our incoming construction/demolition (C&D) waste is recycled.

C&D Facilities in the Commonwealth On site White Wood Grinding and Stone, Brick and Concrete Storage

C&D Facilities in the Commonwealth S B Cox Recycling Center S B COX RECYCLING CENTER HAS A CONSTRUCTION AND DEOMOLITION DEBRIS MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY IN HENRICO COUNTY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND VIRGINIA

C&D Facilities in the Commonwealth Ace Recycling Ace Waste is a collector and processor specializing in construction and demolition debris (C&D) recycling. They process sorted or unsorted C&D and recycle most of it. Located in Chester, Virginia

C&D Facilities in the Commonwealth Waterway Recycling,LLC Waterway Recycling, LLC operates Waterway Marine Terminal, a newly constructed deepwater terminal located on the southern branch of the Elizabeth River in the port of Hampton Roads, VA. We have expertise in handling oversize bridge and pier demo, bulk material offload including aggregates and other dry bulks. We can support large volume soils transfer and other special projects.

C&D Facilities in the Commonwealth

Environmental Solutions, Inc.

Since 1990, Environmental Solutions, Inc. (ESI) has dedicated itself to environmental technology advancement for the benefit of organizational objectives relating to Environmental Management Solutions, or EMS Our focus is on developing and commercializing technologies and processes that can be deployed in the implementation of innovative environmental solutions.

C&D Facilities in the Commonwealth

There are a little more than 14 permitted C&D Facilities in the State of Virginia.

Two of those Facilities are publicly-owned and operated

Material Brokers

Sonoco Recycling Tidewater Fiber Canusa Hershman Butler Paper Recycling Rock Tenn. Recycling Green Recycling R M Brokerage Davis Industries Recycling Resources Envision Plastics BPR Plastics AERC Supreme Recovery S P Recycling Allied Pallet

and many others that receive material*

C&D recycling makes sense along with all recycling efforts. Success in today’s market requires: Vision Incentive Innovation “The key to a prosperous future is sustainability, and triple the bottom line— environmental responsibility, economic prosperity and social equity – is imperative as we move forward.” Rick Fedrizz, Pres., CEO & Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council

W. Nathaniel Townley Fauquier County Environmental Services Commodity Coordinator

6438 College Street Warrenton, Va. 20187 Phone: 540-347-6811 Fax: 540-341-7129 E-Mail : [email protected]