Airport honored for demolition recycling.

The Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) has selected the Oakland International Airport

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Oakland International Airport (IATA: OAK, ICAO: KOAK, FAA LID: OAK), also known as , Oakland, Calif., as a winner of its 2006 Environmental Achievement Award.

Oakland was selected for its Material Management Program (MMP MMP Matrix Metalloproteinase (enzymes related to tissue healing/remodeling and cancer cell metastasis)
MMP Mixed Member Proportional (New Zealand electoral system)
MMP Multi-man Publishing ), according to according to
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1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3. press release from the ACI-NA. The airport's MMP program handles and processes demolition debris for reuse in airport construction projects. Materials from airport projects are stockpiled, crushed and blended to make Federal Aviation Administration-specified aggregate base for reuse in other airport projects.

The program has saved more than $2.6 million in disposal costs and $200,000 in material import costs, according to a press release from ACI-NA. The airport's MMP program will allow more than 300,000 cubic yards of construction material to be recycled during a five-year period.

The ACI-NA represents local, regional and state governing bodies Noun 1. governing body - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he that own and operate commercial airports in the United States List of airports in the United States, grouped by state or territory and sorted by city.

Due to the large number of airports in the United States, this page only lists public use airports providing scheduled passenger services with over 10,000 passenger boardings per year and Canada. More information is available online at www.aci-na.org.

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Title Annotation:	C&D NEWS; Material Management Program
Comment:	Airport honored for demolition recycling.(C&D NEWS)(Material Management Program)
Publication:	Recycling Today
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Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	Sep 1, 2006
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