Intention:
- Reduce waste from building occupants
- Reduce waste going to landfills
- Provide accessible storage and collection locations on site
Implementation:
- Methods of Approach:
- separation
- collection
- storage
- Collection Sources:
- recycle chutes
- collection bins
- can crushers
- cardboard balers
- Materials Collected:
- glass
- paper
- metal
- plastic
- cardboards
- provide instruction to occupants
- encourage activities to encourage recycling and less use of solid waste
- provide for minimum recycling area (rough guidelines just for your information):
- 0-5000 SF commercial building: 82 SF minimum accessible recycling area
- 5001-15,000 : 125 SF
- 15,001-50,000 : 175 SF
- 50,001-100,000: 225 SF
- 100,001-200,000: 275 SF
- > 200,000: 500 SF
Codes/Standards Applied:
- CIWMB 1999 (California Integrated Waste Management Board)
Extra Credit:
- none
Submittal Phase:
- design
Links from Reference Guide:
- California Integrated Waste Management Board
- California Statewide Solid Waste Characterization Study
- Earth 911
- Recycling at Work
- Waste at Work
Other Materials & Resources Credits
- MR P1 – Storage and Collection of Recyclables (prerequisite)
- MR 1.1 – Building Reuse, Maintain 75% of Existing Walls, Floors, & Roof
- MR 1.2 – Building Reuse, Maintain 95% of Existing Walls, Floors & Roof
- MR 1.3 – Building Reuse, Maintain 50% of Interior Non-Structural Elements
- MR 2.1 – Construction Waste Management, Divert 50% from Disposal
- MR 2.2 – Construction Waste Management, Divert 75% from Disposal
- MR 3.1 – Materials Reuse, 5%
- MR 3.2 – Materials Reuse, 10%
- MR 4.1 – Recycled Content, 10% (post-consumer + 1/2 pre-consumer)
- MR 4.2- Recycled Content, 20% (post-consumer + 1/2 pre-consumer)
- MR 5.1 – Regional Materials, 10% Extracted, Processed & Manufactured Regionally
- MR 5.2 – Regional Materials, 20% Extracted, Processed & Manufactured Regionally
- MR 6 – Rapidly Renewable Materials
- MR 7 – Certified Wood
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“provide for minimum recycling area:
0-5000 SF commercial building: 82 SF minimum accessible recycling area
5001-15,000 : 125 SF
15,001-50,000 : 175 SF
50,001-100,000: 225 SF
100,001-200,000: 275 SF
> 200,000: 500 SF “-these sizes are guidelines only,not requirements for MR P1-thanks, Jerry
Thanks Jerry! I put a little note in the summary above. I don’t think the test will require the knowledge of this information. Good Luck!
I hope this helps – I have created a chart for the percentages in the MR credits.
I can’t seem to post it here, or don’t know how. It is an excel sheet. It is posted on the ARE forum, or you can email me for it at d.wolf@swbr.com
Deborah,
That email address doesnt work. I looked on the ARE forum and could not find it either. How can I contact you?
On a practice exam a question asks:
Which are requirements for MRp1-Storage and Collection of Recyclables?
The answer is: an easily accessible area serving the entire bldg that is dedicated to the SEPARATION, collection, and storage of materials for recycling.
I thought that separation wasn’t necessary. It does say in the reference guide that some haulers may accept comingled recyclables, thereby reducing the storage space needed.
Wouldn’t this answer be incorrect since you don’t have to separate recyclables being as comingled is acceptable?
Would depend on the other answers provided I would say.
looks as if you have to collect all 5 (paper, cardboard, plastic, glass and metal)in order to comply with this prerequisite?
thanks for such a great and useful web site
I find it interesting that no manufacture makes a pre-fab recycling center for LEED projects.
I have access to millions on tons of watste glass (bottles), paper, plastic!!!
Want to manufacture pre-fab walls using this material for low costs housing – Am I crazy or what or is theri solotion