A recycling project is a project where post consumer or secondary materials are used to produce a value-added finished product or, intermediate processing of recovered material is provided.
A value added recycled product is one in which the raw materials have increased their value through a change in their character or composition through a manufacturing process.
The Green Waste Recycle Yard diverts urban logs from landfills and prepares them as a feedstock for mill operators in making dimensional lumber products and creates usable mulch products for various landscape and construction projects.
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- GWRY recovers urban logs from the Greater San Francisco Bay Area and recycles urban logs that are destined to the West Contra Costa Sanitary Landfill and other nearby California landfills.
- Tree service operators and contractors, urban landscape designers and planners, various public works departments within the greater San Francisco bay area such as Caltrans, large property owners such as California State University, University of California, homeowners’ associations, cemetery operators, homeowners, etc. are typical customers. Storm damaged trees are a natural source of material. Most urban trees are removed because they are dead or dying or because of “hardscape” damage i.e. tree roots that damage sidewalks, buildings, underground pipes, etc.
- GWRY receives urban tree logs from the Professional Tree Care Company, and other similar tree service companies, landscaping service operators, commercial facilities managers and municipalities throughout the greater
San Francisco
Bay
area. In addition, GWRY will be carrying forward the urban tree recycling operation of the East Bay Conservation Corp. in partnership with New Life Millworks.
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Value-Added Product
- We prepare urban logs as feedstock for mill operators in making dimensional lumber products and creating usable woodchip and mulch products for various landscape and construction projects. We prepare urban logs for milling including sorting, grading, scaling to mill size specifications of 14’, 17’ and 21’.
- We grind left-over urban logs into woodchips and mulch for landscaping use and any residual that cannot be re-used (about 1 to 10 percent) is used for co-generation plant woodfuel.
End Users
- Milling companies that make dimensional lumber from urban logs
- Landscapers for mulch and wood chips
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