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<br />SZo <br />II. Construction and demolition waste <br />The waste plan framework for construction and demolition waste <br />A. - Construction waste makes up approximately one- third of the material we landfill. As <br />much as 709''0 of this type of waste is recyclable as wood products, scrap metal, construction <br />rock and dirt products. ~~tost of our recycling efforts have concentrated on the other two-thirds <br />of our waste but there is caormous potential in the construction waste sector. <br />B. Goal for Constriction and demolition waste <br />I. To help meet the 2001 goal of 459'o waste reduction, construction and <br />demolition wastes would need to be reduced from 7001bs. (0.35 tons) per capita to 5801bs. <br />(0.29 tons). See table 2-1. <br />2. .For the 2006, goal of 619'0, construction and demolition waste would need to be <br />reduced to 3001bs (0.15 tons) per capita from the 700 pounds landfilled in 1991-92. Table 2- <br />3. Generally throughout the planning process, construction and demolition wastes <br />have been considered separately from mixed solid waste for three reasons: <br />• Most of the county residents do not generate this type of waste, <br />• The material is buried in a separate, unlined portion of the landfill, <br />• The types of measures that would affect reduction in this sector are significantly different <br />from measures used to manage mixed solid waste. <br />Without a reduction in this sector,'it is unlikely that the overall County-wide goals of 45% <br />reduction by 2001 and 6190 by 2006 could be achieved. <br />3-9 <br />