As part of Circular City Week New York 2021, BPE founder Amanda Kaminsky will be co-moderating an online panel on “Activating Building Material Reuse,” alongside Allison Arlotta, researcher and Build Reuse Board Member. Register here for the event on Monday, 3/22, 12pm - 1:30pm.
Panelists include:
Michelle Wiseman, Director of Waste Diversion + Outreach, City of Atlanta
Robert Rising, Principal, NYCitySlab
Yarden Harari, Associate, CallisonRTKL
Justin Green, Executive Director + Founder, BIG Reuse
Shannon Goodman, Director, Lifecycle Building Center
Garry Cooper, CEO, Rheaply
David Briefel, Sustainability Director, Gensler
Alejandra Arce-Gomez, Material Repurposing Program Lead, Madrone/GCI General Contractors
Background: We generate 548 million tons of construction and demolition (C+D) debris each year as a nation—twice the amount of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generated. Only an average of 38% of this mixed C+D debris gets diverted from landfill! As a result, GHG emissions and high costs are incurred to transport wasted material resources and pay tipping fees to landfills nearing capacity. Furthermore, new materials are too often purchased from virgin resource supply chains, increasing our embodied carbon. Resources, knowledge, and policy are growing to activate resource reuse and circularity.
Image via AIA NY.