Solutions
Problems				Asphalt Reuse Brick Palletization Metal Scrap Reclamation Paper and Boxboard Pulping Resource Recycling: Aggregate Sales as Specified and Required Concrete Block and Brick Crushing Concrete Mix Components Hardwood/Organic Tree Mulch Product: Cogeneration Fuel Manufacturing Deforestation/Land Clearance (residential use) Wood Structure Processing (raw product sales) Plastic Materials Preparation Raw Cullet Glass Collection Specified Rock Materials Manufacturing/Sales Unspecified Backfill Wood Structure Processing (raw product sales)
Decreased Landfill Space Depleted Resources “Disposable Society” Attitudes Fewer Full-Function Disposal Facilities Higher Transportation Costs Increased Landfill Costs Remote Landfill Locations Stringent Environmental Regulations

	Below: McGraw Hill; St. Louis, Missouri. Recycling construction waste from demolition projects generates usable materials. Spirtas demolished and recycled this 585,000 sf structure in 50 days.   Right top to bottom: Total recycling of 128 apartment buildings at Old Laclede Town, City of St. Louis public housing.