Environmental Business Councils Health Care Seminar

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Environmental Business Councils Health Care
Seminar

• MassDEPs Construction and Demolition Debris Ban
• Massachusetts Department of Environmental
  Protection
• October 14, 2005

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DEP Construction and Demolition (CD)
DebrisInitiatives

• Beyond 2000 Solid Waste Master Plan
• CD Subcommittee of the SWAC
• CD Subcommittees Recommendation Issues
• CD Disposal Ban Status
• Impact on Health Care Facilities

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CD Management from 2001-2003
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CD and the Beyond 2000 Solid Waste Master Plan
(SWMP)

• www.state.ma.us/dep/bwp/dswm/mplan/swmp.doc
• Achieve Non-MSW waste reduction rate of 88 by
  2010
• Promote source reduction in building design,
  construction and redevelopment
• Support development of recycle/reuse
  infrastructure
• Implement a disposal ban on CD Debris

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CD Subcommittee

• External Stakeholders (150)
• Meeting bi-monthly since April 2001
• Focus on the implementation of the CD aspects of
  the SWMP
• Recommend amendments to Solid Waste Regulations
  and Guidance Document to DEP

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CD Workgroups

• Policy Workgroup
• Source Separation Workgroup
• Market Development Workgroup
• Processing Workgroup
• Gypsum Workgroup
• Asphalt Shingles Workgroup

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CD Subcommittee Recommendations

• Add asphalt paving, brick, concrete, metal and
  wood to the list of materials banned in 310 CMR
  19.017
• Require CD processing facilities to comply with
  existing ban on OCC
• State in background document and guidance
  documents to the regulations, DEPs intent to ban
  other CD debris at later dates
• Amend existing guidance document to incorporate
  CD debris

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Issues Proposed Strategies

• ISSUES
• Homeowners not intended target
• Zero tolerance is not feasible
• Much wood waste is ultimately burned for fuel
• Transfer stations will send material to other SW
  facilities that will separate restricted material

• PROPOSED STRATEGY
• Loads under 5 cubic yards need not be inspected
• 20 deminimis standard of ABC, metal and wood
  combined per load
• MWCs may accept wood for combustion
• Transfer stations can send loads to facilities
  with approved Waste Ban Compliance Plan

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Status of Regulations

• Public Hearings and Comment Period Completed July
  30, 2004
• Regulations Promulgated on
• October 7, 2005
• Effective Date
• July 1, 2006

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What does this mean for Facility Managers?

• Increase CD processing/recycling facilities
• Opportunities to reduce disposal costs
• Case Studieshttp//www.mass.gov/dep/recycle/cdho
  me.htm
• Compliment Leadership in Energy and Environmental
  Design (LEED) Certification

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Next Steps

• CD Subcommittee is reviewing additional CD
  debris to add to the list of restricted material
• Gypsum Wallboard
• Proposed clean gypsum wallboard recycling
  facility start-up Winter 2005
• Asphalt Shingles
• Two existing post-consumer recyclers

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Additional Information

• Jim McQuade
• Massachusetts DEP
• One Winter Street
• Boston, MA 02108
• Tel. [phone]
• james.mcquade_at_state.ma.us
• MassDEPs Construction and Demolition Web Page
• http//www.mass.gov/dep/recycle/cdhome.htm