Dumpsters full of construction and demolition waste may not look like they could help protect the environment. But Waste Management, North America's leading provider of comprehensive waste management solutions, is giving these discards new life. As the nation's largest recycler, it is, for instance, finding ways to turn clean wood salvaged from construction and demolition projects into mulches used to fight roadside erosion. "Increasingly, it is used for retaining soil and advancing vegetation along highways," says Wes Muir, director of communications for Waste Management. At the company's waste-to-energyrnplants, wood waste is also converted into biomass fuel. "The responsible management of construction and demolition waste is a huge opportunity-not just for us but for the whole country," says Jim Halter, vice president, construction segment at Waste Management.
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