In option 2 of this credit, does the 2.5 pounds of "waste" mean 2.5 pounds of non diverted waste?
Or is it all refuse- recycled, salvaged, reused, incinerated, and landfilled cannot exceed 2.5 pounds per sf of building area?
If the former, can project teams still use a facility's closed loop recycling rates to calculate diversion?
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May 31, 2016 - 11:03 am
Hi Whitney - Sorry for my delay in responding. I hope you see in the new Bird's Eye View info above (Calculating total waste reduction for Option 2) that the metric for this Option is total waste generated on the project; however, for this Option only you do NOT include materials reused on site. See Option 2 Reduction of Total Waste in Step-By-Step Guidance in the v4 Reference Guide for more.
As it is the latter, I don't know if your second question is still relevant but there's a lot of good info above about commingled collection. Hope it helps!