Waste reduction final report -4 - Test Input

FY 2001 / 2002 FY 2002 / 2003
Disposed (at solid waste 25,150 Metric tons 17,310 Metric tons
facility)
Disposed (elsewhere) 6,668 Metric tons 6,380 Metric tons
Subtotal 31,818 Metric tons 23,690 Metric tons (26% reduction)
Recycled (at solid waste 996 Metric tons 3003 Metric tons
facility)
Recycled (elsewhere) 0 tons 6,034 Metric tons
Subtotal 996 Metric tons 9037 Metric tons (9-fold increase)
(SOURCE: http://www.recyclecddebris.com/rCDd/Handbook, VISITED ON 10/08/2009)
d. Port of Oakland
The Youth Employment Partnership to dismantle the Port of Oakland’s Building 733. The
large warehouse yielded 136,800 board meters of mainly old-growth Douglas fir.
The total expense to deconstruct- $330,000
Income from salvaged lumber-$280,000
Net cost was $50,000.
Demolition bid: $150,000. (Urban Ecologist, Number 2, 1997).
(SOURCE:http://www.crra.com/rrarc/publications/Deconstruction.pdf, VISITED ON 10/11/2009)
e. San Francisco’s Presidio
Beyond Waste and San Francisco Community Recyclers deconstructed Building 901 at San
Francisco’s Presidio. The structure came down in one month, yielding 20,117 board meter of
old growth Douglas fir and Port Orford cedar for salvage.
Total deconstructing expense (including labor, equipment, and administrative costs), was
$53,000.
Income from the salvaged wood - $43,660
Net cost of deconstruction-$9,340
Demolition bid - $16,800
(SOURCE:http://www.crra.com/rrarc/publications/Deconstruction.pdf, VISITED ON 10/11/2009)
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