Came across a good reference for estimating recycling rates on EPA's website - a question that a lot of people have, since we are seeing that being brought up by reviewers.
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We have a LEED CI project in an office building in Kuala Lumpur and the local contractor is telling us there is no option to recycle. No local hauler and no facilities to contract with that will...

What have you all determined to be an acceptable expected recycling volume estimate for this credit? I noticed that someone used 5 gal per person and that seems reasonable, but just curious what...

Can paper and cardboard be collected in the same bin or does each material require a separate bin?

I am working on a reastaurant project and have 3 questions

1 Do we need to provide Five types pd recycles as required by LEED or can we provide only the type of wastes generated by the...

If a waste hauler servicing a building is offering comingled recycling off all office waste, including waste items that are non recyclable would the storage space on site still be required. Just...

I am working on an Environmental Retail Store which comprises of environment friendly products, appliances, organic food items, clothing along with a Cafe and 4 office spaces.

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In 2002 I reviewed an excellent waste management study and developed a draft compression of the results. The work was part of a mostly free, partly paid services I provided to the USGBC...

Will the requirements of this prerequisite be complied with only by having a waste storage room for the whole building with one container for a single stream recycling (that will accommodate all...

We separate the waste in 3 in the tenant space: organic, paper and recyclables. This recyclables are send to a storage in the building where it´s separate in glass, plastic and metals by the host...