Waste material collected at the recent CONEXPO-CON/AGG construction equipment and IFPE 2011 shows held in Las Vegas, USA, is already aiding communities.
The shows continued a recycling programme initiated at the 2008 event, and for 2011 took the efforts a step further with the Repurpose AMERICA programme presented by DoppstadtUS, which complements and completes the recycling process by capturing non-recyclable material that would have ended up in landfills.
The organisation, which worked closely with show producer1100 Association of Equipment Manufacturers (676 AEM); the Las Vegas Convention Center and show general contractor GES during the waste collection process, repurposes the discarded material for donation to local schools, teachers, community associations and other non-profit groups.
More than 400tonnes of waste was processed from the event with nearly 307tonnes able to be recycled, for a recovery rate of more than 76%. Materials included paper/cardboard, carpet/padding and building materials such as concrete, ferrous metal, film, glass, wire/cable, plastics and wood. Repurpose AMERICA was also able to collect for repurposing 14,000m² of non-recyclable materials from signage such as magnetics, vinyl and foamcore.
Materials are already beginning to work themselves into programmes. As one example banner material was used to replace a sunshade at a pre-school with more than 65 children.
The shows continued a recycling programme initiated at the 2008 event, and for 2011 took the efforts a step further with the Repurpose AMERICA programme presented by DoppstadtUS, which complements and completes the recycling process by capturing non-recyclable material that would have ended up in landfills.
The organisation, which worked closely with show producer
More than 400tonnes of waste was processed from the event with nearly 307tonnes able to be recycled, for a recovery rate of more than 76%. Materials included paper/cardboard, carpet/padding and building materials such as concrete, ferrous metal, film, glass, wire/cable, plastics and wood. Repurpose AMERICA was also able to collect for repurposing 14,000m² of non-recyclable materials from signage such as magnetics, vinyl and foamcore.
Materials are already beginning to work themselves into programmes. As one example banner material was used to replace a sunshade at a pre-school with more than 65 children.
