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Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle @ Southface Eco Office
I was able to experience firsthand Southface Institute's "reduce, reuse, recycle" philosophy while volunteering on the construction site of their Eco Office last Saturday.
Patterson Services, Inc. has made possible the practical application of an onsite recycling effort by providing five dumpsters on an adjoining parking lot. There is a dumpster for drywall, cardboard & wood, metal, and concrete. The dumpster furthest away from the construction is reserved for garbage. All the dumpsters have bilingual signage and are being "obeyed" with dumpsters well-sorted by material.
Concrete curbing and paving from the dumpster area has been busted up and re-stacked as an earth retaining wall on a sloped part of the site. Scrap wood has been ground up and used as mulch.
98% of the waste stream is being recycled, exceeding the LEED standards by 23%. It was obvious to me that Southface is an exemplary model in following the LEED standard to "divert construction, demolition and land clearing debris from landfill disposal."
I had a chance to talk with Project Manager Frank Burdette about the progress of the office. He said that while many firms had been generous with donated materials, the building activity Intown had slowed the flow of donated services. Southface is maximizing donated dollars by self-performing much of the work with Southface employees pitching in an extra hour each day after their normal work day. This is a great opportunity for the good, green-leaning, benevolent folk of Atlanta to pitch in and help bring the project to completion. Please consider volunteering your time. You can email them at ecovolunteer@southface.org for more info.
Burke Sisco
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