Survey says.The Construction Materials Recycling Association (CMRA CMRA Commercial Mail Receiving Agency CMRA Construction Materials Recycling Association CMRA Central Motorcycle Roadracing Association CMRA Capital Market Risk Advisors, Inc. ) has mailed out more than 1,000 surveys to construction and demolition recyclers across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. in an attempt to determine how much C&D material is recycled nationwide. The survey is being conducted in conjunction with two other efforts--an update of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ) C&D Waste Characterization study last published in 1998 and the National Demolition Association's member survey. "This survey will complement those other studies on a couple of fronts," says William Turley, executive director of the CMRA and associate publisher of Construction & Demolition Recycling magazine, Recycling Today's sister publication. "First, we hope to get an idea of how much of the C&D material the EPA study says is generated is recycled. With our National Demolition Association data, we can help determine what percentage of some of the mixed C&D material demolition contractors send to recycling centers is actually recycled." The CMRA survey asked recyclers to supply information on the number of plants they have in operation and the amount of C&D material they received in 2004, providing percentages for the amount of mixed C&D material and source-separated concrete, asphalt, wood, gypsum gypsum (jĭp`səm), mineral composed of calcium sulfate (calcium, sulfur, and oxygen) with two molecules of water, CaSO4·2H2O. It is the most common sulfate mineral, occurring in many places in a variety of forms. , metals, asphalt shingles and other related materials they received. Respondents were also asked to report how much of the various materials were recycled in 2004. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Turley, the CMRA will compile all data received and share it with the EPA. "We want others to know how recyclers are doing their part to save on natural resources and divert reusable material from landfills, all the while providing jobs and paying taxes in an environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] industry," he says. The results were to be made available by the end of May. More information on the survey is available from the CMRA at (630) 585-7530 or at info@cdrecycling.org. |
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