By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter
The City of Phoenix is looking to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for development of a new “construction and demolition material recovery facility” at Lower Buckeye Road and 27th Avenue.
City staff will update the Community and Cultural Investment Subcommittee on the planned project at the panel’s May 4 meeting.
The city hopes to develop the new facility to better recycle, reuse and dispose of construction and demolition materials. “C&D materials include inert material, dimensional lumber, pallets, crates, treated wood, contaminated wood, new gypsum scrap, demo gypsum scrap, insulation, rock, concrete, brick, roofing, cardboard, drywall, composite wood and other construction debris,” according to a city summary of the project.
There were more than 600 million tons of C&D debris created in the U.S. in 2018, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Expansive and sprawling growth in the Phoenix market also contributes to the amount of construction debris and refuse that needs to be disposed of, according to city staff.
The RFP looks to find innovative ideas and business proposals to help divert construction debris from landfills and incinerators.
“The Request for Proposals will seek one or more entities for a general diversion solution for C&D materials currently in the city’s waste and recycling streams and other construction, renovation, and demolition projects, to be located at the City’s Resource Innovation Campus (RIC),” city documents read referring to the location of the planned facility.
The city is looking to lease 40 acres of land for the materials project.
