Waste Management Flowchart for Building Demolition and Renovation Projects
Types of C&D Facilitities
Registered C&D
Processing Facility:
Can receive and process "uncontaminated" and
unadultered wood, asphalt pavement, brick,
concrete, masonary waste, soil or rocks.
Permitted C&D Landfill:
Can accept and dispose of only C&D waste
Can accept and dispose of C&D and other solid
Permitted Transfer Station: wastes for the purpose of subsequent transfer to
another solid waste management facility.
Dispose at an EHSS Approved NYSDEC Regulated
Part 360 Landfill
OR
Dispose at a NYSDEC Permitted
Transfer Station
(if facility is permitted to
accept the waste material)
Dispose of as
Solid Waste
(Sampling and Analysis may
be required prior
to Disposal)
Dispose at a NYSDEC Permitted
C&D Landfill
OR
Dispose at a NYSDEC Permitted
Transfer Station
OR
Dispose at a EHSS Approved NYSDEC Regulated
Part 360 Landfill
Dispose of as
"Uncontaminated" C&D
Debris
NO
OR
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2
Dispose of at a
NYSDEC Registered
C&D
Processing Facility
YES
Does the construction debris
contain ONLY the following
materials 2?
Unadulterated wood,
recognizable uncontaminated
concrete and other masonry
waste (including steel or
fiberglass reinforcing embedded
in concrete), asphalt pavement,
brick, soil or rock.
NO
Is the building material(s) to be impacted suspected to contain a contaminant?
(e.g., asbestos, lead, PCBs, petroleum, chemicals, etc.)
NO
Does the construction debris qualify as C&D debris under the following definition1?
Construction and demolition (C&D) debris means uncontaminated solid waste resulting from the
construction, remodeling, repair and demolition activities. Such waste includes, but is not limited to:
• bricks, concrete and other masonry materials
• soil and rock
• wood
• non-asbestos insulation
• wall coverings, plaster, drywall
• plumbing fixtures
• roofing shingles and other roof coverings
• asphaltic pavement
• glass
• plastics that are not sealed in a manner that conceals other wastes
• floor tiles, linoleum, ceiling tiles
• electrical wiring/components containing no hazardous liquids that are incidental to any of the above
• pipe and metals that are incidental to any of the above.
YES
Does the construction debris contain metals?
(other than metals incidental to another C&D debris material - e.g., rebar in concrete)
NO
Does the construction debris contain any type of surface coatings,
mastics, or finishes other than glazed finishes?
(i.e., are there any paints, stains, glues, or similar products on the debris?)
NO
YES
Disposal
Requirements will
be Dependant
Upon
Analytical Results
(Parameters for Analysis will
be dependant on the
suspected contaminant)
YES
Send for Scrap Metal Recycling
Metal debris must be segregated
out and sent for scrap metal
recycling at an EHSS approved
Metals Recycler.
YES
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Does the construction debris contain any of the following materials ?
• garbage (i.e., putrescible solid waste including animal and vegetable waste from foods)
• corrugated container board
• electrical fixtures containing hazardous liquids such as fluorescent light ballasts or transformers
• fluorescent lights
• carpeting, furniture
• appliances
• tires
• drums
• containers greater than ten gallons in size, any containers having more than one inch of residue
remaining on the bottom and fuel tanks.
NO
Material will Require
Sampling and Laboratory
Analysis prior to
Removal/Demolition
and Disposal
Dispose of as
Solid Waste
(Sampling and Analysis
may be required prior
to disposal)
YES
Dispose at an EHSS
Approved - NYSDEC
Regulated
Part 360 Landfill
OR
Dispose at a NYSDEC
Permitted Transfer Station
(if facility is permitted to
accept the waste material)
6 NYCRR Part 360-1.2(b)(38) is the source of the definition for C&D debris and the materials that are excluded from the definition of C&D debris.
6 NYCRR Part 360-16.1(d)(i) allows for registered processing facilities to receive unadulterated wood, uncontaminated concrete and other masonry waste (including steel or fiberglass reinforcing embedded in concrete), asphalt pavement, brick, soil or rock.
Revision 5/05/15