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Selected References on the Study and
Economics of Deconstruction/Recycling
vs. Demolition/Incineration |
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Site Name |
URL |
Sample Articles/Materials of Interest |
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GAIA |
http://www.no-burn.org/resources/index.html |
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Incineration: A Costly Commitment
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Waste
Incineration: A Dying Technology
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Incineration: Wasted Money, Wasted
Resources
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Cool Waste
Management: A State of the Art
Alternative to Incineration for
Residual Municipal Waste
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C&D Recycle Construction
and Demolition Debris (C&D) Debris |
http://www.recyclecddebris.com/rCDd/
Resources/CaseStudies.aspx
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This
collection of national and international
case studies represents the seminal work
in the C&D field that exists in the
public domain. The studies are
scientific, thorough, and compare
economics of deconstruction vs.
demolition. Examples:
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HUD (US Department of
Housing and Urban Development) |
http://www.hud.gov/assist/siteindex.cfm
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From the
index page, search for “deconstruction”
brings up a wealth of links such as:
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Novia Scotia: Too Good To
Waste |
http://www.gov.ns.ca/enla/waste/strategy.asp
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A Summary of the Nova
Scotia Solid Waste-Resource Management
Strategy |
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Deconstruction Institute |
http://www.deconstructioninstitute.com/index.php |
Deconstructioninstitute.com provides
educational materials, tools and
techniques, networking, case studies,
articles, facts about the environmental
impacts of deconstructing, and many
other downloadable and interactive
modules. |
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The Building
Deconstruction Consortium |
https://www.denix.osd.mil/denix/Public/Library/
Sustain/BDC/bdc.html |
"The mission of the BDC
is to address issues that will maximize
the reuse of building materials through
deconstruction.” Site features
projects, papers, and links on
deconstruction. |
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Zero Waste International
Alliance |
http://www.zwia.org/zwc.html |
List of
communities that have achieved or
developed Zero Waste as a goal. Compiled
by Gary Liss as of December 21, 2005. |
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Center for the Biology
of Natural Systems, Queens College, City
of New York |
http://cbns.qc.edu/ground.html#ground |
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Development and Implementation of An
Integrated Recycling System for the
Collection, Processing, and the Use
in Manufacturing of New York City
Municipal Solid Waste (1994-96). The
project assembled and analyzed the
data needed to design an integrated
intensive recycling-based trash
management system for New York City.
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A pilot test of
intensive recycling of residential
trash in the Town of East Hampton,
Long Island, which demonstrated, for
the first time, recovery and
marketing of 84.4% of the trash.
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