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6 <br /> recyclables and make them market-ready. Collection at the curb or business is, in some ways, the <br /> easiest part of the recycling cycle. Processing, sale and reuse are more challenging, since that is <br /> where the real "business" of recycling is. Sorting and processing are especially important if we <br /> are to achieve a long-term stable market for mixed paper. <br /> The waste plan framework for construction and demolition waste <br /> Construction.waste makes up approximately one- third of the material we landfill. As much as <br /> 70% of this type of waste is recyclable as wood products, scrap metal, construction rock and dirt <br /> products. Most of our recycling efforts have concentrated on the other two-thirds of our waste <br /> but there is enormous potential in the construction waste sector. <br /> For 2001, the Owners Group has recommended a 20% reduction goal in this sector as part of the <br /> overall goal of 45% for all sectors by 2001. We believe that goal could be achieved with a <br /> construction materials salvage operation at the landfill and an enforceable solid waste plan <br /> requirement for new construction or major renovations in all jurisdictions. The Owners Group <br /> recommended paying for both these programs with a surcharge on building permit fees in all <br /> jurisdictions. <br /> To help meet the overall 61% reduction goal by 2006, waste in this sector must be reduced 58% <br /> by 2006, and some type of sorting facility would be required to separate and process recyclable <br /> materials from mixed construction wastes. <br />