Waste Management
Construction waste management (CWM) is the recycling or reuse of excess building materials—everything from drywall offcuts from new construction to an entire building’s worth of bricks from deconstruction.
When materials are purchased for a job and then go unused or wasted, avoidable costs and environmental burdens result. Attention to CWM, especially when starting early in design, can reduce tipping fees and earn LEED credits.
Waste Management
Deep Dives
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Constructing Change: The Contractor’s Commitment
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The Contractor’s Commitment to Sustainable Building Practices calls on construction firms to practice green building. Here’s why the whole industry needs to get behind it.
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Waste Not, Want Not: Case Studies of Building Material Reuse
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Reclamation and reuse of building materials can be a tough sell and hard to design for, but many project teams have learned to make it work. Here’s how.
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In The News
We break news down to the essentials and provide expert analysis.
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Environmental Impacts of Treated Wood
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A new book offers a dense and academic, but readable, guide to many of the issues facing the treated wood industry today.
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GSA Publishes C&D Recycler Database
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First Statewide Paint Recycling Program Launched in Oregon
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First CHPS-Approved Modular Classroom
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Learning Resources
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Constructing Change: The Contractor’s Commitment
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The Contractor’s Commitment to Sustainable Building Practices calls on construction firms to practice green building. Here’s why the whole industry needs to get behind it.
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Breaking Barriers to Building Material Reuse
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Buildings aren’t garbage. These three circularity loop-closers are making it easier and easier to reuse materials.
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