I am an on-call LEED consultant for the local public school system. They do not allow glass on any school campus - school policy. In every LEED submittal prior to v2009, GBCI has accepted that since the school does not allow glass on campus, they do not need to provide an area to recycle it. That said, my latest review team is insisting on it. So to meet the pre-req, the school has to change its policy? Seriously? Any ideas on how to convince my review team to use some logic here? Or do we provide recycling for something that will never exist?
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Emily Catacchio
Sustainability SpecialistWight and Company
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June 6, 2012 - 8:01 pm
Lisa,My understanding is that you need to build in the capacity to recycle glass (along with the others). This doesn't mean you have to allow glass at the school, just that you need to have the means/capacity of storage/plan to recycle it. Since you probably won't be able to prove that there will never be glass on campus, I would suggest including storage space for it and hopefully the company you use for your other recyclables accept glass.