Comments on: From David Bennink http://www.buffaloreuse.org/blog/2010/01/from-david-bennink/ Community. Jobs. Resources Wed, 18 May 2011 22:09:50 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Jenna Kunde http://www.buffaloreuse.org/blog/2010/01/from-david-bennink/comment-page-1/#comment-1133 Jenna Kunde Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:32:59 +0000 http://www.buffaloreuse.org/blog/?p=2081#comment-1133 Congratulations to all for so many amazing accomplishments. Thank you, Michael, for your mention of WasteCap and our construction and demolition waste management work on the project. Ours was just one of so many groups who helped with this project. Buffalo is an amazing community. One thing I wanted to clear up in case any readers were confused is that we followed the NAHB guidelines for documentation. All rating systems, including the NAHB rating system that was used for this project, ask that all materials that leave the site (except hazardous waste) are documented. You say that the numbers are "skewed toward recycling." We documented everything that came off the site - it just happens that a lot of material was recycled. If a lot of the material that left the site was landfilled, I guess the numbers would have been skewed toward landfilling. David Homes, Waste Management, you guys, the City of Buffalo and others all helped find not only reuse, but for those materials that couldn't be reused, recycling markets for much of the material that left the site. Olmstead Gardens even provided a market for the drywall scrap from new construction. So many hands - all working for good - that accomplishment that really shines through. Congratulations again! Jenna Congratulations to all for so many amazing accomplishments. Thank you, Michael, for your mention of WasteCap and our construction and demolition waste management work on the project. Ours was just one of so many groups who helped with this project. Buffalo is an amazing community.

One thing I wanted to clear up in case any readers were confused is that we followed the NAHB guidelines for documentation. All rating systems, including the NAHB rating system that was used for this project, ask that all materials that leave the site (except hazardous waste) are documented. You say that the numbers are “skewed toward recycling.” We documented everything that came off the site – it just happens that a lot of material was recycled. If a lot of the material that left the site was landfilled, I guess the numbers would have been skewed toward landfilling.

David Homes, Waste Management, you guys, the City of Buffalo and others all helped find not only reuse, but for those materials that couldn’t be reused, recycling markets for much of the material that left the site. Olmstead Gardens even provided a market for the drywall scrap from new construction. So many hands – all working for good – that accomplishment that really shines through.

Congratulations again!

Jenna

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