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19 November 1998
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Timothy Townsend, 11/98, #98-13 (executive summary, 38 Kb).
Over the last few years, recycling of construction and demolition (C&D) waste has emerged as a growing industry in the United States. Fed by issues such as increasing disposal costs and high potential for recycling C&D waste, numerous C&D recycling operations have been established. Such recycling operations typically consist of up-front removal of large recoverable items and a separation process for the remaining smaller materials. One component of the separation process is the screening of the waste, which results in a fine material, defined commonly as recovered screened material (RSM).
The success of most C&D materials recovery facilities is largely contingent on the availability of viable reuse markets. However, the reuse of recovered waste materials must maintain regard for human health and the environment through compliance with existing regulations and policies for solid waste management. In order to evaluate potential risks posed by RSM, the University of Florida’s Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences was contracted by the Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management to perform a characterization of recovered screened material (RSM) from Florida C&D recycling facilities. This report presents the results of chemical and physical analyses conducted on RSM collected throughout the state.
For more information on this subject, please visit Dr. Townsend's solid waste page.
