This credit has no added cost.

LEED v4 has expanded provisions for collection, storage, and disposal of the five traditional waste streams (paper, plastic, metal, corrugated cardboard, and glass) to also include a minimum of two of the following three waste streams: batteries, mercury- containing lamps, and electronic waste, to be selected at the discretion of the Owner.

Achievement of this prerequisite has impacts on the size of the support areas in the building. However, since recycling programs are extremely common, this cost does not necessarily constitute an added cost for LEED.

It is important to note that LEED does not require dedicated spaces specifically to satisfy this prerequisite; thus, programs can be tailored to allocate the areas needed for collection, storage, and disposal within already programmed spaces.

Recycling programs for electronic waste, as with regular recycling programs, may incur added operational costs, but those costs will be highly variable based on location and programs available, and are outside the scope of this report.

In previous versions of LEED, minimum square footage areas were recommended by building size; this is no longer the case. Projects are instead encouraged to identify locations and quantities for different waste streams that may be generated based on usage on a space-by-space basis.