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 The Integrated Waste Division (IWD) made a concerted effort to maximize the use of products and construction materials made from recycled items when developing plans for the design and construction of the 2,141 square foot addition to the Administration Building.
Floor Tile The 1,630 square feet of mauve and grey colored floor tiles in our entryway and open work areas are made from recycled windshields! The manufacturer combines old windshields from trucks, cars, and airplanes, as well as glass scrap from new windshields, and grinds it into a fine powder. This powder is the major component of the tile - each one contains more than 70% recycled windshield glass. Carpeting Believe it or not, all the carpeting in our office building is made from recycled plastic soda bottles! Approximately 3,800 2-liter soda bottles were used to make the 960 square feet of maroon carpet. Image Enviro-Tech, Armuchee, GA 800-722-2504 Partition Studs and Framing Materials Your old Ford or Buick may be a part of our building. Recycled steel was used for the 1,800 feet of 2 x 4, 25 ga, metal partition studs, furring channel, and other light gauge framing materials, as well as in the metal roofing and soffit panels. Oriented Strand Board What is this Oriented Strand Board stuff? Well, it's like plywood, and it's used the same way - on the roof's structure, underneath the metal roofing material and on the exterior trim work. The big difference between plywood and oriented strand board (OSB) is not how these two products are used, but what they are made from. Plywood comes from large, high quality, old-growth trees, a very limited and precious resource. OSB, on the other hand, is made from small, fast growing trees which can be raised on tree farms, specifically for this application. Finger-jointed lumber, shorter wood pieces that otherwise would be waste, were also used on the exterior trim work. Wall Paneling, Paint, Ceiling Tiles The walls were constructed of gypsum board containing 20% recycled gypsum and covered with 100% recycled paper facing. All of the walls were painted with recycled latex paint. The acoustic ceiling tiles contain recycled gypsum, and recycled glass fiber can be found in the fiberglass batt insulation. Wheel Stops What do you get when you mix plastic milk jugs, plastic detergent bottles, plastic bags, and clear plastic food wrap? Parking stops made from 70% post-consumer recycled plastic! The unique manufacturing process does not require the careful sorting of plastics by resin type called for in most plastic recycling procedures, but instead uses a mixture of various plastics to create parking stops, park benches, and picnic tables. Barco Products Company, Batavia, IL 1-800-338-2697 Bottle Wall Perhaps the most intriguing component of the Administration Building expansion is the large glass block front wall/window made out of wine bottles. The bottle wall was constructed from approximately 1,000 dark green, light green and amber wine bottles cut in half, then taped and caulked with silicone. Architect Richard Burton designed the wall and almost everyone visiting our building comments on its interesting concept and design. The bottle wall was adapted from one that Garbage Reincarnation's creative staff built at the landfill's Recycling area, also known as Recycletown, in 1994. Recycletown is operated by Garbage Reincarnation under contract with the County of Sonoma. |
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Contact us at eco-desk@recyclenow.org |