Virginia Tech
OP-19: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion

On June 1, 2009 the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved “The Virginia Tech Climate Action Commitment” Resolution. The 14 point resolution may be viewed at: http://www.facilities.vt.edu/documents/sustainability/climateAction.pdf Point #8 states “Virginia Tech Recycling will adopt a goal of 35% recycle rate by 2012 and 50% by 2025. University Policy 5505 “Campus Energy, Water, and Waste Reduction” Revision 2 was approved by the Vice President for Administrative Services on February 28, 2011. One key feature of this revision was to add a new section for waste reduction and include it in the title. Revision 2 tasked the Facilities Services Department to develop a Comprehensive Waste Management Plan for Virginia Tech (CWMP-VT). To view University Policy 5505 “Campus Energy, Water, and Waste Reduction” please see: http://www.policies.vt.edu/5505.pdf The Facilities Services Department charged the Office of Energy and Sustainability (OES) to lead the development of the CWMP-VT. OES created a Waste Management Task Force which was augmented by stakeholders from campus activities that produce the majority of solid waste. The CWMP-VT was adopted July 15, 2011. Section 6.1 states: “University Design and Construction requires general contractors to capture and recycle material when possible during new construction and major renovation projects. Tonnage of material recycled is reported on a quarterly basis to the Office of Energy and Sustainability by the University Design and Construction Project Manager.” To view the Comprehensive Waste Management Plan for Virginia Tech, adopted July 15, 2011, please see: http://facilities.vt.edu/documents/sustainability/unlinked/Comprehensive_Waste_Mangement_Plan_Virginia_Tech_7_15_2011_Final.pdf For calendar year 2010 Virginia Tech’s primary construction projects included the new “Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science –II” research building and the new “Visitors and Undergraduate & Admissions Center.” Figures provided above are for these two facilities.