GREEN SPACE: Where to recycle building materials
Construction is a dirty job that can generate a lot of waste. Here are a few ways to minimize the load in your dumpster!Ceiling tiles can be taken to Allied Building Products Corp. in Pontiac — the company is an Armstrong Recycling Program Consolidation Partner. Contact Marilyn Rich at Allied at 248-745-0300.Windows, sinks, counters, cabinets, fans…anything of that nature can be brought to Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit or Recycle Ann Arbor’s Reuse Center. Bonus: a tax write-off!Cherry Crushed Concrete is a national company that recycles concrete and produces new concrete with it. They’ve been around since 1952 and can actually send a mobile recycling plant out to a construction site. It will take the old concrete, recycle it and produce new base material. I’m guessing this is more possible for large-scale construction sites than the home remodeling-scale job, but it’s still interesting.If you know of a local resource for hard-to-recycle materials, please drop Green Space a line here.Writer: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
Construction is a dirty job that can generate a lot of waste. Here are a few ways to minimize the load in your dumpster!
Ceiling tiles can be taken to Allied Building Products Corp. in Pontiac — the company is an Armstrong Recycling Program Consolidation Partner. Contact Marilyn Rich at Allied at 248-745-0300.
Windows, sinks, counters, cabinets, fans…anything of that nature can be brought to Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit or Recycle Ann Arbor’s Reuse Center. Bonus: a tax write-off!
Cherry Crushed Concrete is a national company that recycles concrete and produces new concrete with it. They’ve been around since 1952 and can actually send a mobile recycling plant out to a construction site. It will take the old concrete, recycle it and produce new base material. I’m guessing this is more possible for large-scale construction sites than the home remodeling-scale job, but it’s still interesting.
If you know of a local resource for hard-to-recycle materials, please drop Green Space a line here.
Writer: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
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