C and D recycling blooms in the City of Roses
Journal Article
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· Waste Age
OSTI ID:395103
With a thriving lumber products industry, high landfill tip fees, and a progressive city government, Portland, Ore., has quietly blossomed into one of the leading cities in construction and demolition (C and D) debris recycling. Metro, Portland`s regional solid waste utility, first began concentrating on C and D as a recycling possibility as early as 1988, when Portland`s old landfill closed down. After arranging a disposal agreement with the Columbia Ridge regional landfill, Portland saw its tip fees rise from the previous $17.50 per ton to $75 per ton. At that point, Metro began looking for opportunities to reduce the amount of waste going to the landfill as much as possible. Noting that the number of wood processing facilities in the region jumped from 11 in 1990 to 45 in 1994, Metro saw C and D as a segment of the waste stream most ripe with waste reduction potential. Today, the regional organization works as a partner with several local governments, helping to promote, coordinate, and provide research for various C and D recycling projects.
- OSTI ID:
- 395103
- Journal Information:
- Waste Age, Journal Name: Waste Age Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 27; ISSN WAGEAE; ISSN 0043-1001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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