Construction Professionals at Jones Lang Lasalle Recycled More Than 72 Percent

Construction professionals at Jones Lang LaSalle recycled more than 72 percent of all building material waste from new construction, renovation and tenant fit-out projects in the Washington, DC area in 2010. Across the 42 projects monitored last year, 1,233 tons of construction waste was recycled, including 302 tons of metal, 165 tons of wood and 313 tons of drywall gypsum. Jones Lang LaSalle's DC Construction team created a program in 2009 to monitor building waste and to divert as much waste as possible from landfills by reusing it in another application or otherwise recycling it. "It is often estimated that building waste represents 25 to 50 percent of all waste in landfills, so diverting a large percentage of that waste to other uses significantly reduces the environmental impact of a construction project," said Eric Bruch, LEED Green Associate, Construction Superintendent at Jones Lang LaSalle. "We're finding that recycling is often good for the bottom line as well, since it enables us to buy less material in some cases and to get money back for the client from some materials, such as steel." Jones Lang LaSalle's Construction group is working to reduce the environmental impact of business operations. The firm has completed more than 100 LEED Certified projects to date. Source: dcrealestate.citybizlist.com