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Enhancing regional dry waste recovery

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This report details a recommended change to that system that could divert at least 33,000 tons of this material from disposal each year.

Dry waste consists primarily of seven types of material: wood, metal, corrugated cardboard, concrete, drywall and roofing. On a typical construction or demolition project, over 90% of this material is reusable or recoverable with current technology and markets. Waste composition data from Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality confirms that the biggest pportunities for increased dry waste recovery would come from material disposed at the two
local landfills: Hillsboro and Lakeside.

Related Documents

• White paper on enhancing regional dry waste recovery 762K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published August 27, 2007