LEED Certification
SKB Recycling believes in the recycling and processing of C&D waste and is a proud member of the Construction Materials Recycling Association (CMRA) and the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).
USGBC’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program is an internationally recognized third-party certification program for green-building projects.
Use SKB for your LEED project
SKB’s Integrated C&D Recycling System achieves a recovery rate of over 90%, which means that using our facilities will guarantee your project will achieve 2 LEED certification points (for MR2.1 & MR2.2) with the potential for an additional point for exemplary performance. In addition to our recycling services, purchasing recycled material products from SKB (such as recycled concrete, asphalt, shingles, etc.) will count toward LEED credits for Recycled Content (MR4.1 & MR4.2) and Regional Materials (MR5.1 & MR5.2).
SKB Recycling will provide contractors and consultants with all the documentation necessary for your LEED project certification. We track every load that enters our system and every load of recycled material and residuals we send out. SKB Recycling’s Integrated C&D Recycling System is unique in that we have multiple facilities conveniently located in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, which offers our customers the ability to efficiently route their loads—reducing transportation time, fuel costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
SKB Recycling also exceeds Minnesota's Sustainable Building Guidelines (B3) 75% landfill diversion rate for C&D.
Recycling Totals & Percentages
Here are SKB Recycling’s annual LEED totals and percentages for 2011:
| Materials In | Tons |
|---|---|
| Rosemount | 47,608.79 |
| Malcolm | 8,818.15 |
| Vandalia | 76,685.65 |
| Blaine | 357.65 |
| Total In | 133,470.24 |
| Estimated Tons | |
| Materials Recycled | Tons | Recov. % |
|---|---|---|
| Wood | 630.66 | 0.47% |
| Concrete | 102,562.28 | 76.84% |
| Ferris Metal | 1828.9 | 1.37% |
| Aluminum | 1.98 | 0.00% |
| Other Metals | 6.28 | 0.14% |
| Cardboard | 0 | 0.00% |
| Fines | 309.86 | 0.23% |
| Shingles | 11,541.55 | 8.65% |
| TOTAL RECYCLED | 116,881.51 | 87.57% |
Total Residual Material Tons: 16,588.87
SKB Recycling's LEED recycling totals represent only materials recycled from C&D waste and does not reflect material recycling from other waste streams.