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New government waste recycling effort
Updated: Monday, 19 Oct 2009, 2:56 PM CDT
Published : Monday, 19 Oct 2009, 2:56 PM CDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Based on the success of a pilot program, Wisconsin state government is launching a much broader waste recycling effort next year.
Starting in January, all construction and demolition debris from state projects costing more than $5 million will have to be recycled rather than put in landfills.
The state Department of Administration said Monday that a two-year-old successful pilot program involving the Department of Natural Resources, the Division of State Facilities and a nonprofit group called WasteCap Resource Solutions spurred the expansion.
That pilot worked on developing methods, standards and staff training to increase recycling.
A 2002 study found that 30 percent of what goes into landfills comes from construction and demolition debris.
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