Construction & Demolition

Green Vision Building Materials Management
and Waste Minimization Program

The Green Vision Building Materials Management and Waste Minimization Program is a high priority of the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) has designated C&D waste as a targeted material for diverting from Iowa landfills. Building and demolition professionals can play an important role in assisting the Agency and IDNR in meeting their goals of diverting reusable and recyclable materials from landfilling.

• Green Vision Building Materials Management and Waste Minimization Program Guide

The information in the guide above will help you save money and resources by recycling materials from your construction, demolition, deconstruction, and renovation jobsites. This guide will also help you find environmentally-friendly locations for your reusable or recyclable materials, keeping those materials from being buried forever in our landfill. For more information, contact the Agency Administrator at 563-589-5250 or download the Program Guide above.

Resource Efficiency

Rethinking, reducing, reusing and recycling – the “Four R’s” – focus on resource efficiency. Typically, these practices can save money and control costs by:

• Decreasing the amount of new materials needed for building; and,
  
• Reducing waste disposal costs.

Equally important, you’ll be helping reduce the amount of materials being buried at the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency (DMASWA) Landfill. Your efforts should also prove to be of value to the owner of your project.

For C&D materials management to be most effective, one must be committed to good planning, coordination of effort, and always looking for ways to rethink, reduce, reuse and recycle. Thank you for joining with the DMASWA in this important effort!

• Directory of CDDR Markets
• DMASWA Waste Minimization Grant Program

Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency's
Green Vision Buildings Enviro-Stars Honor Roll

The Enviro-Stars Honor Roll recognizes individuals, businesses and organizations for rethinking, reducing, reusing, recycling and properly managing construction, deconstruction, demolition, and renovation (CDDR) discards.

Current Members
Congratulations to our Current Green Vision Buildings Honor Roll members! Their use of inventive approaches to recycling and minimizing waste at CDDR sites demonstrates a commitment to protecting the environment by reducing, reusing, recycling and diverting materials from the landfill.

City of Dubuque Housing Department Conlon Construction Company JP Cullen & Sons Dubuque County Historical Society Dubuque Community School District Durrant Group Incorporated D.W. Zinser Company, Inc. Epic Construction Frey Construction Company Highway 151/61 Development

HyVee Grocery Stores Jeff Kieffer Excavating Mid America Architectural Salvage Miron Construction Portzen Construction, Inc. Straka Johnson Architects PC Tricon Construction Group Tri State Development Company Tschiggfrie Excavating Mike Winger Construction Company