i m working on a 50 floor residential high rise building i im finding a problem in finding a way to allow for the segregation of teh recyclables so.i m thinking of providing a garbage room on each floor with a garbage chute and a central collection areas in the ground floor.my questions are:
1-do i need to provide garbage chute for each recyclable like for paper one garbage chute,for metals one garbage chute throwing to the related bin in the central room.
2- or shall we contract with a company who will collect the garbage from one central garbage chute where they will segregate the garbage in the bins.
3- or is there any other ideas to segregate the recyclables by the occupants in acceptable way
please note we are talking about high rise building and if it snot practical for the occupant to throw his segregate bags in the central room
can anyone help me
regards,
tarek
Jean Marais
b.i.g. Bechtold DesignBuilder Expert832 thumbs up
May 6, 2010 - 3:53 am
I would suggest:
1) One main garbage room, with space to store, sort recyclables and normal garbage - groundfloor or basement depending on access.
2) Per Floor, assuming each floor has a tee kitchen...
2.1) Bin for normal rubbish - in teekitchen
2.2) Bin for co-mingled plastics, packaging, glass, metals - in tee kitchen
3) In office spaces, paper bins
4) Either dedicated garbage elevator terminating in / next to main garbage room
OR
x1 garbage shoot for co-mingled recyclables and Paper (using plastic bin liners should keep these seperate); x1 for normal rubbish; for glass ...bring glass down by hand (simply because I imagine a 50 floor fall for anything glass will result in SMASHING).
5) Contract company to pick up a) co-mingled recyclables for off-site processing b) pick up paper waste c) pick up glass waste (maybe with a)) and d) pick up normal rubbish.
...I'm no Architect. I would get some proper reading on how to plan these.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11478 thumbs up
May 6, 2010 - 8:19 am
Is there a hauler you can contract with who will take single-stream or comingled garbage from the building, and sort it in an off-site facility? If so, you would simply use a single chute for all waste, including space in the basement to collect it, and haul it off-site.LEED does not require you to segregate recyclables, as long as they can be collected and later recycled.
Gustavo De las Heras Izquierdo
LEED Expert185 thumbs up
May 21, 2015 - 11:20 am
Tristan, I think you have pointed out a misconception about this credit. So, we do not have to provide separate bins for glass, plastic, paper..etc across the building. Is this right?