Evaluating the Performance

of C & D Processors

Moderator: Paul E. Degnan

E. L. Harvey & Sons, Inc.

Panelists

Christine LeBlanc – Harvard University

Judy Cohen – Devens Recycling LLC

Greg Cooper – Mass DEP

C & D Processing FacilitiesSource: www.cdrecycler.com

124 listed in United States• 47% less than 20 yrs • 20 % less than 10 yrs• Average # Employees – 21 to 50

Northeast Facilities• 38• 30%

Massachusetts• 16• 12%

U.S. EPASource: www.epa.gov

WasteWise - partnership program that helps US organizations reduce their solid waste

GreenScapes - promotes environmentally beneficial landscaping practices for large land-use activities

Green Buildings - programs that support Green Building.

EPA’s Construction Sector Program – supports “Green construction”

Construction Industry Compliance Assistance Center - provides explanations of environmental rules for the construction industry

The Building De-Construction Consortium (BDC) - disassembly for reuse and recycling of U.S. Army buildings.

U.S. Green Building CouncilSource: www.usgbc.org

Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED)

LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in key areas

Materials & Resources - promotes waste reduction as well as reuse and recycling, and it particularly rewards the reduction of waste at a product’s source.

CMRA “CORE” ProgramSource: www.cdrecycling.org

To provide C&D Processors a method for declaration of the annual facility performance.

Account for the inputs and outputs of a C&D Processor over a specified period of time.

Set an objective, transparent, not unduly costly, process for eligible firms to communicate their reuse and recycling of C&D debris.

To provide users of all facilities that are certified under this program an assurance that the procedures and declarations are consistently applied and verified.

Intended to act as a reporting mechanism on facility performance.

Massachusetts C&D Handling FacilitiesTons of C&D Accepted and Handled by the Facility in 2009*

Does not include tons of C&D accepted and transferred to another facilitySource: www.mass.gov/dep

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80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

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180,000

Tons

Tons of C&D recycled

Tons of C&D used in landfill applications (C&D Fines/Residuals)

Tons of C&D disposed in landfills or municipal waste combustors