7.33.030 LANDFILL DIVERSION REQUIREMENTS.

(a) Notwithstanding Section 7.33.025(b) above, it is required that at least the following specified percentages of non-inert C&D Debris waste tonnage generated from every Covered Project shall be diverted from landfills by using recycling, reuse, salvage and other diversion programs. Inert materials such as soil, concrete and/or asphalt shall not count toward meeting the percentage diversion goals listed below, but are required to be recycled at the rate of 100%.

(1) Demolition Projects: Covered projects shall be required to divert sixty percent (60%) of all generated non-inert C&D waste tonnage.

(2) New Construction Projects: Covered projects shall be required to divert sixty percent (60%) of all generated non-inert C&D waste tonnage.

(3) Alteration Projects: Covered projects shall be required to divert at least fifty percent (50%) of all generated non-inert C&D tonnage.

(b) To ensure that a high percentage of recycled C & D material is reused, remanufactured or processed into viable products, use of the material as Alternative Daily Cover (ADC) shall not count towards reaching the required diversion percentages for demolition or new construction projects.