RECYCLE UTAH CENTER BRIAN HEBDON
Brian K. Hebdon Fall 2011 Contact: e: bkhebdon@gmail.com p: 801-503-2460
“In our current industrialized society, the usual practice for dealing with unwanted buildings is to remove anything of immediate value, demolish the rest, and dump it all into the ground. It is now becoming more apparent that this practice cannot be sustained, either economically or environmentally.� -- Philip Crowther
Currently our society has a tear down, throwaway, and rebuilt mentality. Even with proper motives, such as replacing Recycling Rate
otal MSW generation. Waste benefit of 178 million metric tons of carbon dioxide an dilapidated green building or renovating existing structures, so much construction waste al andold institutional locations,building with a new 80 equivalent emissions reduced,74.2 comparable to the ,is hospitals, and businesses, being sent to our landfills. What if we could salvage66.0every piece of a building before it is demolished? What if those 5 to 45 percent. annual GHG emissions from almost 33 million 59.9
materials were then introduced back 60 into a new building? What impact could this method of construction have on passenger vehicles. 50.7 our environment, society, and our idea of what architecture and recycling is and can become. MSW 35.3
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te by material, such as paper purpose thisanddesign isbytomajor provide a facility that not d,The yard trimmings, foodof scraps, plastics, and product categories, which include 20 (such as furniture), nondurable goods (such as paper or clothing), containers and packaging material. rtons and plastic wrap), and other materials (such as food scraps).
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ration in 2009 was 243 million tons. Organic materials continue to be the largest com ponent nd paperboard account for 28 percent and yard trimmings and food scraps account for ent. Plastics comprise 12 percent; metals make up almost 9 percent; and rubber, leather, and *Does not combustion recovery). for 8 percent. Wood follows at around 7 percent and glass at 5include percent. Other(with misenergy cellaneous p approximately 4 percent of the MSW generated in 2009 (see Figure 5). Figure 5:Total TotalMSW MSW Generation Material), Figure 5. Generation (by (by material), 2009 2008 250 MillionTons Tons (Before Recy cling) 243 Million (before recycling)
Yard trimmings 13.7%
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Other 3.5%
Food scraps 14.1%
Wood 6.5%
Recovery 33.8%
Rubber, leather and textiles 8.3%
Paper 28.2%
Plastics 12.3%
Discarded 54.3%
Combustion with Energy Recovery 11.9% Metals 8.6%
Glass 4.8%
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RECYCLE UTAH CENTER BRIAN HEBDON