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Maximum distance to facilities?
NC-2009 MRc2:Construction Waste Managementposted by Reid Middlebrooks on
We have a project in a small town that is very remote. The nearest recycling facilities are 150 miles away by rail or truck. Another option is 1,500 miles by barge.
CWM - Temporary Landfill
NC-2009 MRc2:Construction Waste Managementposted by ethen mcmanus on
The entire purpose of MR2 is to divert waste from landfills, and the waste should be either recycled, donated, salvaged or reused. My question is as follows: My project is in a third world countr
Documenting Waste Management on LEEDonline forms
NC-2009 MRc2:Construction Waste Managementposted by angela cardwell on
How should we input waste diversion and landfilled waste into the leedonline forms.
Water waste
NC-2009 MRc2:Construction Waste Managementposted by Karim Farah on
During coentsruction, a project has a major amount of water waste (more than 50% of the total amount of the waste generated by one production unit), this quantity of water is a result of the produc
Gypsum board recycling resource, Saudi Arabia
NC-2009 MRc2:Construction Waste Managementposted by Shreepad Bandagi on
Wondering if anyone would have a resource for gypsum board recycling anywhere in Saudi Arabia. Thanks!
Construction Waste management
NC-2009 MRc2:Construction Waste Managementposted by Piotr Podhajny on
What if you have two buildings each persuing LEED certification both build by the same contractor but two owners. How do you seperate the waste amount from both building?
Product Takeback Programs?
NC-2009 MRc2:Construction Waste Managementposted by Jonathan Weiss on
Some manufacturers have "take-back" programs where they will take back unused surplus materials and restock them - the WBDG has that listed under masonry and other spec sections.
collecting recyclables together
NC-2009 MRc2:Construction Waste Managementposted by Adrienn Gelesz on
If plastic and paper is collected together in the same container and taken to a common facility where both are recycled, does this count as commingled waste or can we track this as one waste catego
Concrete Waste
NC-2009 MRc2:Construction Waste Managementposted by sompoche sirichote on
We have a good amount of concrete scrap that we intend to use as backfilling material on-site and at another site. Will this be considered as waste diversion? Thanks.
Recycling Batteries
NC-2009 MRc2:Construction Waste Managementposted by Paola Medina on
One of our environmental companies have a lot of batteries that they want to recycle in our LEED project instead of send to landfills through encapsulate with concrete in the background hole of ele