Tracking Recycling

Should I keep track of how much C&D I am recycling?


Tracking the amount your company recycles can provide a vital selling point that customers look for. Associating a reduced cost with the recycling helps you identify how recycling is helping your bottom line. Additionally, many cities and counties are requiring contractors to report that they recycled a certain percentage of materials.

RESOURCES

  • Sample Construction Waste Management Plans
    Some local governments are requiring that contractors create a waste management plan that discusses how they are going to reduce, reuse, or recycle a certain percentage of the waste stream.

MAKE IT COMPANY POLICY

  • Turner Construction Company has a company policy for C&D materials tracking. They require all projects to report the amount that they reduce, reuse, recycle, and dispose. Turner requires all of the waste haulers that receive their contracts to help in collecting these numbers. Turner developed a sophisticated web-based tracking program to aggregate all of the numbers.