Dean Romeril - Recycling Council of Alberta

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The City of LethbridgeENVIRONMENTAL DECONSTRUCTION INITIATIVEINTRODUCTION ‘Deconstruction’ is the selective dismantling of building components, specifically for re-‐use, recycling, and waste management – “construction in reverse”, It differs from demolition where a site is cleared of its building by the most expedient means Contributes To Sustainability By; giving materials a new lifecycle, lowering the need for virgin resources, thus reducing energy and emissions from the refining and manufacturing process of new materials, reduces the need for transportation of raw and new materials both for manufacturing and post product delivery, provides local jobs, -‐ 3 to 6 workers for every 1 employed in a 2 comparable demolition project,
The City of LethbridgeENVIRONMENTAL DECONSTRUCTION INITIATIVE But the prime benefit of this innovation is that solidwaste from conventional demolition is diverted fromlocal landfills. construction and demolition (C & D) waste accounts forapproximately 20% of the solid waste stream at theLethbridge landfill, A landfills basic commodity is selling cubic meters of‘air’ which is especially relevant as C & D wastecompacts less than normal mixed stream waste, thusconsuming up to 25% more area. 3
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