NON-RECYCLABLE
CONSTRUCTION & DEMOLITION DEBRIS
Call
the City Solid Waste Division for disposal information for
materials marked with an asterisk (*).
- Any
asbestos-containing materials such as older pipe insulation,
asphalt floor tiles and old linoleum*
- Asphalt
roofing and roofing felt
- Creosote
treated timbers such as railroad ties and telephone poles
- Dry
paint chips and completely dried out paint
- Empty
barrels or empty paint buckets, cans, and caulking tubes*
- Fiberglass
insulation
- Isocyanate
and urea-formaldehyde foam insulation
- Plastic
Laminate scrap and other composite/plastic interior finish
material scrap
- Petroleum
contaminated soils*
- Plaster
from lath and plaster walls
- Pressure
treated lumber*
- Vinyl
siding and vinyl window frames
- Waxed
corrugated cardboard
- Worn-out
or dirty plastic drop-cloths and tarps
Suggested
Materials Selection Practices for Lifecycle and Health
Most
of the material production, installation, maintenance, durability
and recycling issues are essentially about reducing resource
use and waste, while the materials health issues are about
protecting the health of trades persons and building users.
In practice, the main criteria for green materials selection
can therefore be simplified by placing them into two categories;
resource efficiency and health. The information required
and selection methods are different for each category, and
conflicts will be encountered, but many choices are not
compromises; there are many resource efficient choices
that are also healthy ones.
Resource
Efficient Materials
Since
the purpose of choosing resource efficient materials is
to reduce resource use and waste, it is important to prioritize
materials on the basis of how much moves through the building
over time. The high turnover materials in most commercial
and residential buildings are floor coverings, wall
coverings,
furnishings, acoustic dividers and partition systems, roofing
and cladding.
