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Healthcare construction waste diversion proves to be cost-effective

For a 250,000-square-foot medical facility, roughly 1.1 million pounds of materials must be removed, recycled or reused


Healthcare construction waste diversion proves to be cost-effective, according to an article on the Medical Construction & Design website.

Reasons more healthcare construction projects are pursing waste diversion goals include:

• Several states prohibit construction and demolition debris from landfills

• Many hospital projects pursue waste LEED reduction-related credits 

• there are significant cost-saving opportunities 

One example of waste diversion efforts is the Scripps Anderson Medical Pavilion project in La Jolla, Calif. More than 70 percent of materials removed were recycled during construction.

Read the article.

 

 



October 23, 2015


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