Northeast Recycling Council

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1 Presented at: Northeast Recycling Council October 2008 Presented By: Greg Wirsen CMRA Northeast Chapter Director 1

2 This Presentation What is the CMRA and what do we do? C&D Commodities Individual States and recycling efforts Future markets & studies 2

3 About the CMRA The Recycling Association is a 501(c)(3) organization (non-profit) #1 objective is to promote the recycling of construction and demolition materials Organization began in 1996 and the Northeast Chapter became active in 1999 CMRA acts as a spokesperson for the industry, with a focus on construction and demolition recycling 3

4 Information Resources CMRA is active in compiling research and resources that promote recycling: Concreterecycling.org Shinglerecycling.org Gypsumrecycling.org 4

5 How Does the CMRA Provide Representation? Speaking engagements (hello ) Letter writing campaigns Involvement on State and Federal boards, committees, etc. Lobbying Working with regulators and legislators Conferences and trade shows Regional Chapter meetings (annual or semi-annual) 5

6 Example Efforts Worked with Army Corp of Engineers to study effects of crushing concrete and asphalt containing lead-based paint Developed Best Management Practices for the use of Alternative Daily Cover (ADC) made from C&D Initiated a law suit to end the ban on C&D biomass in NH as the impacts associated with energy creation (using BACT) are far less than landfilling and using conventional fossil fuels. [CMRA does not support existing facilities that are not using state-of-the-art BACT controls/technologies (e.g. carbon/urea injection, bag houses, scrubbers, gasification, etc.)] 6

7 Example Efforts, Cont. Working with Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to remove barriers to increase recycled concrete in highway projects Developed Best Management Practices Guide for recycling of asphalt shingles Remain members of Green Highway Initiative, U.S. Green Building Council (LEED), U.S. EPA s Greenscapes program, and Industrial Resources Council Represent C&D recycling industry at numerous conferences and exhibitions 7

8 NERC States Massachusetts Connecticut Maine Vermont New Hampshire Rhode Island New York Delaware Pennsylvania New Jersey 8

9 What s in C&D? Wood [clean/ dirty ] (35-45%) Cardboard (3-5%) Aggregate (3-10%) Ferrous & non-ferrous (4-8%) Fines/ADC (12-50%) [highly variable based on process, screen size and mission of facility) Other [carpet, plastics, shingles, glass, wallboard, engineered material) Non-recyclables (10-20%) [rags, insulation, etc.) Note that this is building related C&D and not road and bridges 160 million tons in 2005 (road and bridge) versus 350 million tons combined 9

10 What s in the wood? Source: DSM Environmental MA C&D Debris Industry Study, 2007

11 What are your product(s)? Metals Biomass Fuel Asphalt, Brick & Concrete Land Applied Wood Landfill Daily Cover/Closure Manufacturing press, chip, pellets Hot Mix Cold Patch Compost Gasification Energy/carbon Fill Asphalt Shingles Gypsum Recycling/agriculture OCC/Paper Plastics Carpet, ceiling tiles Glass Architectural 11

12 Massachusetts Approximately 2,000,000 tons of C&D generated within MA in ,000 tons diverted to energy recovery (processed) 328,000 tons diverted to daily cover and landfill closure projects 311,000 tons recycled Total of 45% diverted from landfill disposal 12 Large C&D processors with the state 12

13 Materials Recycled in MA Source: DSM Environmental MA C&D Debris Industry Study,

14 Connecticut In 2006, approximately 1.6 million tons of C&D debris/bulky waste was generated In 2006, approximately 1,235,000 tons of C&D debris/bulky waste was processed by the state s volume reduction facilities (VRFs) Recycling reported included: 38,000 tons of metal 1,400 tons of aggregate 32,000 tons of clean wood Does not include export of wood to out of state boilers or fines/residuals to MA 14

15 Connecticut (Cont.) August 2005 Reporting: 20 permitted C&D volume reduction facilities in the state. permitted capacity of approximately 11,000 tpd, or 2.7 million tons per year. C&D recovered for reuse/recycling in the state includes brick & block, asphalt shingles, various grades of plastic, clean fill, ferrous and nonferrous metals, corrugated cardboard, and clean untreated wood. 15

16 Maine In 2006, Maine generated approximately 440,000 tons of C&D Approximately 160,000 tons were sent to C&D processing facilities (ME and NH) Material recovered 72,000 tons - wood chips 4,000 tons gypsum 37,000 tons ADC Shingles, metals, OCC, plastics ( recovered but quantity unknown) GSE is aware of 3 C&D processing facilities in Maine Source of information: Maine State Planning Office 2006 Data Reports and NEWMOA (draft information) 16

17 Vermont Vermont disposed of 126,000 tons of C&D waste in Each year, waste from new construction, renovation and demolition projects generates over 20% of Vermont s waste Not aware of C&D processing with VT. However, low population density makes it harder to establish recycling infrastructure. Likely source separation of metal, ABC and other commodities happening at the point of generation Source:

18 Vermont In 2007, the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) began a waste prevention planning process to address waste management issues and attempt to increase recycling rates of both MSW and C&D GOAL: a landfill ban will be instituted for clean wood, cardboard, and ABC by 2011 and for drywall and asphalt shingles by

19 New Hampshire In 2006, New Hampshire generated approximately 370,000 tons of C&D Also another 194,000 tons of C&D was imported and subsequently processed Material recovered 125,000 tons - wood chips 23,000 tons shingles 15,000 tons ABC 121,000 tons - ADC Likely metals, OCC, plastics ( recovered but quantity unknown) GSE is aware of 2 large-scale C&D processing facilities in NH Source: NH DES and NEWMOA (draft information) 19

20 Rhode Island In 2004, 252,356 tons of C&D material were beneficially reused in Rhode Island (at RIRRC). All of it was utilized for alternative landfill cover material (likely not a future trend) The DEM has instituted a Beneficial Use Determination (BUD) program for potentially recyclable materials. 20

21 Rhode Island The Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation accepts most of the C&D Other state recyclers such as TLA Pond View (East Providence, RI), extract: Metal Asphalt shingles Biomass Aggregates Exact generation figures for RI are unavailable 21

22 New York In 2006, C&D processing facilities received 9.35 million tons of C&D debris and recovered 4.75 million tons of material (which equates to 50.8% recycled C&D). As of July 2008 there were 74 regulated (permitted) C&D processing facilities and 223 registered C&D processing facilities. 22

23 New York Products Wood mulch Cardboard Metals (all grades into multiple classes) Wallboard (into new wallboard & paper) Soils substitutes (pilot) ADC Energy Source of information: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation & Taylor Recycling, Inc. 23

24 Delaware C&D waste comprised 39.4% of Delaware s total waste stream in 2005 (1.35 million tons out of 3.43 million total tons). Recycled C&D consisted of 56% of all recycled waste materials in Delaware in

25 Delaware In 2005, over 80% or 1.10 million tons of C&D waste was recovered while approximately 254,000 tons was disposed. C&D materials recycled in Delaware include asphalt, concrete, wood, soils, stone, carpet, and mixed construction waste. 25

26 Delaware (2006) Asphalt: 43.5% of the C&D recycled (478,165 tons) Concrete: 44.2% (485,414 tons) Wood: 2.6% (28,490 tons) Soils: 9.3% (101,933 tons) Stone: 0.4% (4,457 tons) Carpet: 0.006% (66 tons) Source of information: State of Delaware Assessment of Commercial and Industrial Recycling Activity report (July 2006) 26

27 Pennsylvania In 2005, construction and demolition waste made up approximately 17.5% of Pennsylvania s municipal waste stream. In 2005, Pennsylvania disposed over 2.25 million tons of C&D waste in the state s municipal and C&D landfills (import state) Beneficial use permits exist in the state for waste carpet, roadway excavation waste, wood waste, clean ABC, and gypsum wallboard. Source of information: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection 27

28 New Jersey NJ is performing limited recycling of C&D. Exact figures were not available. DEP Identified the following as being recycled in NJ Wood OCC Glass (limited) Metals 28

29 Future Trends Bans? Energy (carbon neutral biomass) State buying initiatives Pellets and other wood products (fiber board) Plastics (incrementally more recycling) Niche materials (textiles, dimensional materials) Source separation LEED 29

30 More Information William Turley, Executive Director (630) or Greg Wirsen, CMRA Regional Director or 30