Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Boston, Massachusetts

C&D Recycling Industry Analysis

DSM was contracted by MassDEP to conduct a state wide analysis of the Construction and Demolition Debris (C&D) recycling industry in Massachusetts a year and a half after a state waste ban was put in place for wood, asphalt, brick, & concrete, and metal. DSM visited C&D processing facilities and recycling markets throughout the region to determine the quantity, composition, and flow of C&D waste materials from Massachusetts, the effects of the waste ban, and the future of the markets.

Market research focused on end uses for high and low grade recovered wood and processing fines. This included looking at how hydrogen sulfide odor problems has limited uses of C&D fines at landfills, and how renewable energy credits, air quality regulations and ash testing impact the specifications for end uses of low grade wood.

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