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Construction and Demolition
Debris Recycling
The City of Union City requires projects subject to the C&D Recycling Ordinance (covered projects) to recycle:
- 100% of all Portland cement, concrete, asphalt concrete, non contaminated soils, land-clearing debris and plant debris
- At least 50% of the local construction and demolition debris generated by a project
Which Projects Are Covered Under the C&D Ordinance?
- All new construction projects
- All nonresidential renovation projects where the total costs are, or projected to be, greater than or equal to $50,000
- All demolition projects where the total costs are, or projected to be, greater than or equal to $25,000
Applicants for non-covered projects shall be encouraged to divert at least 50% of all project-related construction and demolition debris.
How do I Comply?
Step 1: Before you Begin
- Determine what types of materials will be generated on site
- Plan how you are going to handle all of the discarded debris
- Determine who is going to remove the debris and where it will be recycled
- Record information on the C&D Waste Management Plan (WMP) and submit with your building permit application. Ask your hauler, recycler or site cleanup vendor to assist you with this plan
- The WMP must be approved before permits are issued and work begins.
Step 2: During Your Project
- Educate all contractors, subcontractors and employees about managing debris on the project site
- Keep all weight tags and receipts for debris sent to recycling and disposal facilities.
Step 3: Within 30 Days of Project Completion
- Complete and submit the WMP's Debris Recovery Statement documenting that the project’s diversion requirement was met
- Attach receipts from the vendor or facility which collected or received each material showing the actual weight or volume of that material
- Include any additional information the applicant believes is relevant to determining its efforts to comply in good faith with this chapter
- Report and receipts are needed prior to final permit approval
If the WMP Compliance Official determines that the diversion requirement has not been achieved, he or she shall determine on a case-by-case basis whether the applicant has made a good faith effort to comply with this chapter.
How do I Recycle Construction and Demolition Debris?
There are several options for recycling construction and demolition materials:
- Reuse or donate C&D material
- Separate recyclable materials on site and self-haul to various recycling facilities
- Self-haul mixed material loads to a mixed C&D recycling facility (See below)
- Hire a C&D recycling contractor permitted by the City
- Obtain a C&D debris box from the City's franchised hauler Allied Waste Services (510) 657-3500
Important note: Only Allied Waste Services may remove garbage from a job site. Individual recycling loads containing more than 10% garbage by weight or volume must be hauled by Allied Waste Services
What is a mixed C&D facility?
Mixed C&D facilities accept mixed loads of materials (i.e. cardboard, wood, metal, drywall, etc.) that they sort, process, and distribute. Going to a mixed C&D facility is a convenient option if you do not have the jobsite space to separate materials, and/or if you do not have the time to take sorted materials to various recycling facilities.
The following facilities accept mixed loads of construction debris:
- Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station, 41149 Boyce Road, Fremont (510) 252-0500
- Newby Island Landfill, 1601 Dixon Landing Road, Milpitas, CA (408) 432-1234
- Davis Street Recycling & Transfer Station, 2615 Davis Street, San Leandro (510) 613-8710
- Vasco Road Landfill, 4001 N. Vasco Road, Livermore (925) 447-0491
- Zanker Material Processing Facility, 675 Los Esteros Road, San Jose (408) 263-2384
- Guadalupe Landfill, 15999 Guadalupe Mines Road, San Jose (408) 268-1666
For questions or additional information, please contact the Building Division at 510-675-5313
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