Oakland airport honored for demolition recycling.The Airports Council International--North America (ACI-NA) has selected Oakland International Airport
Oakland International Airport (IATA: OAK, ICAO: KOAK, FAA LID: OAK), also known as , Oakland, Calif., as a winner of the 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 news release from the ACI-NA. It handles and processes demolition debris for reuse in airport construction projects with its MME See Multimedia Extensions. Materials from airport projects are stockpiled, crushed and blended to make FAA-specified aggregate base for reuse in other airport projects. The program aims to reduce the adverse environmental impacts, high disposal costs and high import costs resulting from airfield and roadway construction projects by reprocessing Reprocessing may refer to:
The MMP program at Oakland International Airport has saved more than $2.6 million in disposal costs and $200,000 in material import costs. This program will allow more than 300,000 cubic yards of construction material to be recycled over a five-year period. The ACI-NA represents local, regional and state governing bodies 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 at www.aci-na.org. |
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