AIRPORT HONORED FOR DEMOLITION RECYCLING
The Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) has selected the Oakland International Airport, Oakland, Calif., as a winner of its 2006 Environmental Achievement Award.
Oakland was selected for its Material Management Program (MMP), according to press release from the ACI-NA. The airport’s MMP program handles and processes demolition debris for reuse in airport construction projects. Materials from airport projects are stockpiled, crushed and blended to make Federal Aviation Administration-specified aggregate base for reuse in other airport projects.
The program has saved more than $2.6 million in disposal costs and $200,000 in material import costs, according to a press release from ACI-NA. The airport’s MMP program will allow more than 300,000 cubic yards of construction material to be recycled during a five-year period.
The ACI-NA represents local, regional and state governing bodies that own and operate commercial airports in the United States and Canada. More information is available online at www.aci-na.org.
ONLINE PROGRAM TRACKS C&D RECYCLING
A new online program will soon be available to help contractors in Wisconsin track recycling efforts at their construction, demolition and remodeling projects.
A grant from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has helped fund the program, which WasteCap Wisconsin and the Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center (SHWEC) are developing.
"This online program will make it easier for contractors to see the results of their recycling efforts," says Jenna Kunde of WasteCap Wisconsin. "Plus, it will allow us to make conclusions and suggestions for how the state can move forward and achieve better results in construction waste management," she adds.
More information on the online tracking project is available from WasteCap Wisconsin’s Web site at www.wastecapwi.org/join.
ERA INITIATES ROOFING MATERIAL RECYCLING RESEARCH
The EPDM Roofing Association (ERA), Alexandria, Va., has announced that a research project has been initiated to study the possible recycling of EPDM (ethylene propylene diene terpolymer) single-ply roofing material.
The project will be conducted jointly with the Firestone Building Products Co. and Carlisle SynTec Inc. and will provide data on the viability of recycling EPDM material, estimated costs of the recycling process and potential uses for the recycled material.
In the initial phase of the project, the ERA and its partner companies will select pilot locations for the program and will work with contractors and companies to remove, transport and recycle the material. Tests on the recycled EPDM material will be conducted to determine its viability as a recyclable product, either on its own or combined with other materials. This phase began in the summer of 2006.
More information is available at www.epdmroofs.org.
PROGRAMMING ANNOUNCED FOR 2007 C&D WORLD SHOW
The programming for the 2007 C&D World Exhibition & Conference—the annual meeting of the Construction Materials Recycling Association (CMRA)—has been announced.
Sessions will address a number of C&D industry topics, including recycled aggregates operations, an equipment panel discussion, managing a Spanish-speaking workforce and dust control in the mixed C&D environment.
A representative from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is also scheduled to give a presentation discussing the department’s use of recycled products. The exhibit hall will open with a welcome reception on Sunday, Jan. 14, at 5 p.m.
In addition, the CMRA is still looking for presenters who have topics relevant to the C&D recycling and contracting industries. Those interested in presenting at the show, a meeting place for the leaders in the C&D industry, should contact the CMRA at (630) 585-7530 or info@cdrecycling.org.
The C&D World Show will be Jan. 14-17, 2007, in San Antonio. More information is available at www.cdworldshow.com.
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