Most debris heads to landfills.(Special Report)(construction debris)

Waste News, March, 2003 by Johnson, Jim

Byline: Jim Johnson Millions and millions of tons of construction debris are created every year in the United States. And despite the massive volumes of relatively homogeneous material being generated by builders around the country, most of the material still goes to landfills. Construction debris, compared to its more voluminous cousin on the demolition side of the business, represents a fraction of the estimated 136 million tons of so-called construction and demolition debris material created each year.

A 1998 study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - still viewed as the best available information despite its age - estimates that demolitions account for 48 percent of the C&D debris waste stream, or 65 million tons per year....

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