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~~r <br />d <br />.+ <br />five acres to process and stockpile those materials that could be removed for recycling or <br />reuse. ~ ' <br />Alternatively, five acres could be acquired for a transfer station to send construction and demolition <br />wastes out of the county or fifteen acres could be acquired for a construction and demolition waste <br />landfill only. <br />Regazdless of whether we acquired five, fifteen or twenty five acres, we would need to obtain <br />appropriate permits for the transfer station or landfill and processing facility. A rezoning of the <br />parcel selected for these operations might also be necessary. It was previously thought that property <br />for construction and demolition waste management and landfilling would be acquired as part of the <br />new landfill siting process. However, we believe it is unlikely that this process could conclude in <br />time to meet the need for construction waste management <br />What's in the construction and demolition waste stream <br />During October of 1996 we conducted a one week visual characterization of construction and <br />demolition waste delivered to the landfill. Based on that study as well as previous characterizations <br />conducted in 1990 and 1995, we estimate that approximately 3596 of the current construction waste <br />stream can be readily reused, rrrcycied or diverted for use as cover material at the landfill (see <br />agenda #6a). A summary of the recyclable portion is shown as Table 1. <br />Table 1 <br />Summary of Estimated Diversion Potential from asemi-automated facilih- <br />Wood and pallets (9096 of clean wood wastes): <br />Ferrous and non ferrous metals (8596 of metals): <br />Source-separated drywall: 509b of drywall coming in <br />Subtotal of materials potentially recyclable in current <br />and known markets <br />Potentially recyclable in niche markets or reusable 1 <br />wastes <br />4,500 tons <br />1,500 tons <br />1.350 tons <br />7,350 (239b of construction <br />and demolition wastes) <br />of C&D 350 tons <br />Dirt (i 196 of waste) and small debris (5% of the block, brick, concrete <br />taken out of mixed construction waste during processing <br />and used at the landfill for required weekly cover <br />material of construction and demolition wastes): 3,900 tons <br />Total potential for diversion from waste stream (35%): 11,600 cons <br />Based on recent construction waste product mazket analysis and the most recent waste <br />characterization data presented above, we continue to believe that the Owners Group goal of <br />reducing construction and demolition wastes by 25% is an achievable goal. The diversion rate <br />