Construction and Deconstruction Materials Recycling Program

All new buildings and major renovations on campus are built to a LEED™ Gold Certification; however, we are expanding our efforts and including small projects in the university’s overall goal of zero waste.

• To implement the university’s campus wide zero waste plan
• To mirror city and county actions
• To meet the State of Colorado’s goals to reduce construction waste
  and to achieve zero construction waste. 
• To reduce the volume and percent of recyclable construction materials that go to the landfill
• To generate revenue from materials sold and/or recovered for re-use
• To reduce and avoiding the environmental effects of manufacturing new building products

What do I need to do as a contractor?

• Make a recycling plan for your job site prior to beginning work
• Set up dumpters or roll-offs to separate and collect recyclable materials
• Deliver your materials to the recyclers and collect the ticket with information about date, amount and materials
• Fill out the Construction & Deconstruction Materials Tracking Spreadsheet as you deliver materials to the recyclers or the landfill and collect and make copies of the ticket. 
• If you take materials back to your company yard, when you take the materials to the recycler, make a copy of the ticket and on the spreadsheet estimate the portion associated with the CU job. 
• Finalize and complete an electronic version of the spreadsheet. 
• Email the spreadsheet and copies of each ticket to the CU Project Coordinator with your other close out documents.