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--Conatruction of a 5,000-square foot restaurant <br />construction of this restaurant generated 12,344 pounds of waste, <br />or 2.46 pounda per square foot. This waste included the following <br />recyclable materials: <br />Wood 7,440 pounds (61$ of the waste) <br />Cardboard 1,414 pounds (11$ of the waste) <br />Gypsum wallboard 500 pounds ( 4$ of the waste) <br />(Source: Characterization of Construction Site waste (1993), <br />Metro 5olid Waste Department (Portland OR).) <br />--Construction of a 17-unit apartment complex using pre-cut lumber <br />packages <br />construction of this apartment complex resulted in 28,434 pounda <br />of waste, or 2 pounds per square foot. This waste included the <br />following recyclable materials: <br />Wood 16,169 pounds (57~ of the waste) <br />Cardboard 917 pounds ( 3$ of the waste) <br />Gypsum wallboard 6,997 pounds (25$ of the waste) <br />(SOUrce: Characterization of Construction Site Waste <br />(1993), Metro Solid Waste Department (Portland OR).) <br />--Six commercial renovation projects <br />These six commercial renovation projects averaged the following <br />percentages of recyclable materials: <br />Untreated dimensional wood 5~ of all project waste <br />Cinderblock 19$ of all project waste <br />concrete without rebar 22$ of all project waste <br />Ferrous scrap 5$ of all project waste <br />(Source: ^What~s in a Building?", Demolition Age, September <br />1993.) <br />--Construction of one residential low-rise building and one <br />commercial low-rise building <br />Construction of these two buildings generated the following <br />percentages of recyclable materials: <br />waste <br />wood from the residential 31$ of all project <br />Wood from the commercial 8$ of all project <br />waste <br />