Energy potential from construction and demolition wood wastes. Final report 1976

Technical Report · Thu Apr 07 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:7101430

Energy shortages and the need to conserve natural resources have led the United States to examine its waste streams as sources of potential supplies of energy and reconstituted products. While solid waste energy potentials in the private sector have been examined in some detail, construction and demolition wastes have not heretofore received comparable study attention. Therefore, the first step in analyzing a reuse program is the development of the size and nature of the particular waste stream. The objective of this report was to determine the nationwide volume of construction and demolition wastes, and, in particular, the combustible fraction of wastes from these activities. Ancillary outputs of the study are annual generation rates by location, information on time variation in waste flows, and the distribution of wood fractions.

• Research Organization: JACA Corp., Fort Washington, PA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7101430
• Report Number(s): PB-265392
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

09 BIOMASS FUELS
090400* -- Solid Waste & Wood Fuels-- (-1989)
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320305 -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Industrial & Agricultural Processes-- Industrial Waste Management
CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
INVENTORIES
SOLID WASTES
WASTES
WOOD
WOOD WASTES