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zipplewrath

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8. Construction Debris

Reply to Luminous Animal (Original post)

Wed Apr 25, 2012, 12:57 PM

Apr 2012

Back when I used to pay more attention to these things (I had a subscription to "Garbage Magazine&quot one of the tougher issues was construction debris. This was anything from drywall and lumber to asphalt and tar paper. It represented something like 33% by volume IIRC. I'm curious how SF is handling this stuff. Do they demand "on site" reclaimation? Do they have a special facility? There's a hundred years of old buildings filled with stuff one might not even be allowed to use anymore. I wish the article had gone into more detail about what was left in the "22%".

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