The ReSource Waste Services of Lewiston, Maine facility that recycles construction and demolition waste (C&D) has been certified by the Recycling Certification Institute (RCI). The RCI certification was based on a rigorous evaluation of the facility’s processes and protocols performed by an independent third party, and it also verified the integrity of the facility’s recovery/recycling reports.
The Lewiston facility is the only C&D processing facility in Maine to achieve RCI certification and is one of only two facilities in New England to achieve this certification. The other facility is ReSource Waste Services’ facility in Roxbury, Massachusetts, which achieved RCI certification in 2018.
“We are very pleased to have achieved this certification for the Lewiston facility,” said Jack Canty, the president and chief operating officer of ReSource Waste Services. “This certification is important to many contractors who deliver C&D waste to the facility. If a contractor is working on a project that is seeking LEED green-building certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the contractor will earn credit toward that certification by delivering the C&D.”
LEED construction projects, certified by the U.S. Green Building Council, must meet minimum recycling rates for their C&D waste. “We are proud to play a part in our region’s progress toward sustainable construction and development,” Canty said. “Verified sustainability is becoming increasingly important to project developers, architects, environmental groups and government agencies.”
Stephen Bantillo, executive director of RCI, said the Institute’s national certification program ensures integrity, transparency, accuracy and reliability in the recovery/recycling reports of participating C&D recycling facilities. Bantillo said that RCI used a rigorous, open, and comprehensive process for developing its protocols. He said its primary focus is on accurate recycling accounting to ensure that certified facilities’ recovery and recycling reports are correct, verifiable, reproducible, and reasonable.