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C&D Recycling

2/18/2010


Evergreen Claims 95 Percent Recycling Rate for CityCenter

Las Vegas-based Evergreen Recycling says it has collected more than 130,000 tons of recyclable materials generated since the beginning of the MGM Mirage CityCenter construction project, with 95 percent of the material having been diverted from landfills.

The multi-building project on the famous Las Vegas Strip is operated by MGM Mirage, with Perini Building Co., Henderson, Nev., acting as the lead contractor.

Construction materials recycled include wood, ferrous and nonferrous metals, plastics, paper, cardboard, drywall, green waste, concrete, asphalt and glass, Evergreen says.

“The positive environmental impacts are vast: the carbon offset of 17.7 million gallons of gasoline and 385,000 barrels of crude oil,” Evergreen Recycling states in a news release.

CityCenter is an 18-million-square-foot multi-use development that has applied for the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification developed by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). Evergreen Recycling says it has provided the services and resources for CityCenter to fulfill the “Materials and Resources” section of the LEED certification process.

Evergreen’s CityCenter recycling efforts were assisted by the capabilities of its 50,000-square-foot material recovery facility.