Mid-Atlantic Municipal Solid Waste

The following links provide information on reducing and recycling waste at C&D sites. Additional information is available on the national C&D Debris Web site in the Related Links area.

• Waste Reduction Resource Center
  The Waste Reduction Resource Center (WRRC) is a nonprofit organization that provides technical pollution prevention information and training to businesses, consulting services, and universities in the southeastern U.S. The Web site contains information on pollution prevention in the construction industry including ways to effectively reduce and manage solid and hazardous waste produced in residential construction.
  
  
• Mid-Atlantic Consortium of Recycling and Economic Development Officials
  The Mid-Atlantic Consortium of Recycling and Economic Development Officials (MACREDO) provides recycling and reuse information for the residential construction industry in the mid-Atlantic states (Delaware, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia). The Web site offers background information on C&D waste including costs and economic considerations, as well as numerous case studies.
  
  
• Northeast Recycling Council
  The Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) is a nonprofit organization which promotes source reduction, recycling, and the purchasing of environmentally preferable products and services. The NERC Web site also provides information on materials exchanges in the Northeast , most of which accept used building materials.

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Materials Exchange Programs

• The Loading Dock
  The Loading Dock, Inc. (TLD) is the nation's first successful, self-sustaining, nonprofit clearinghouse of reusable and surplus
  building materials. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, TLD works to increases the supply and use of affordable building materials for housing and community improvement by redirecting landfill-bound, reusable materials into productive use. Since 1984, TLD has saved low-income housing and community projects over $6.7 million and has rescued over 33,000 tons of building materials from landfills.
  
  
• Second Chance, Inc.
  This architectural antiques and salvage company, located in Baltimore, Maryland, works with architects, builders and contractors to search out old buildings which are entering the demolition phase and rescues the wood, metal, marble, plaster, stone, and other architectural elements that can be reused.
  
  
• Construction Junction
  Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this nonprofit organization accepts used and surplus building materials for resale. Items include kitchen cabinets, doors, lumber, windows, light fixtures, carpet, tile, shelving, insulation, and clean brick.
  
  
• Building Materials Exchange
  This nonprofit organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a clearinghouse for surplus and salvageable building materials.
  
  
• The Delaware Recycling Exchange
  Provided by the Delaware Manufacturing Extension Partnership, this online "self-service" forum facilitates the exchange of various materials, including construction materials.
  

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For information on state and local requirements and programs for C&D debris management, see EPA Region 3 State Links.