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Originally Posted by GeorgeB

The stuff we were doing, never entered the actual landful. Not sure how it was brought there, but it was in a huge pile (mountain like), and a crane would lift it onto a conveyor belt, and it would come through the shop, and then you took out the wood, cardboard, plastic, concrete/cender blocks, drywall, and metal, and the rest which would be pure junk/garbage would go to the landfill.

That's called C&D. I assume it was a Waste Management facility? They dump those big roll-offs you see at demolition, remodel, and house builder's sites and sort out of the recycleables, mainly cardboard, metal, wood, etc. Kinda the new fad in the waste management industry.

Originally Posted by cdiaz3827

That's called C&D. I assume it was a Waste Management facility? They dump those big roll-offs you see at demolition, remodel, and house builder's sites and sort out of the recycleables, mainly cardboard, metal, wood, etc. Kinda the new fad in the waste management industry.

It has a lot to do with LEED, and jobsite recycling for environmental purposes too. We actually pay extra to the waste companies to get little certified reports on the weights and classifications of what was diverted and what ended up in the landfill. Federal gov't requires it on most contracts.