Costello Demolition, based in Middlesboro, Mass., was awarded the 2009 International Demolition Environmental & Recycling Award at an Amsterdam awards banquet earlier this month, according to the Demolition & Recycling International magazine. The awards were sponsored by Demolition & Recycling International in conjunction with the European Demolition Association.
According to Costello’s Web site, the company is “committed to recycling, and to diversion of materials from landfills and waste streams.” The company adds that it incorporates the residual value of the material into its projects.
“We like to pulverize and then crush concrete material onsite, and let the material stay on site as backfill,” says Costello Project Manager John Costello on the company’s Web site. “It saves trucking the material around which is not only costly but polluting – and all our customers are happy with the product we make.”
In addition, Costello Demolition offers green building consulting services. The company says it routinely achieves a 90 percent materials recycling rate for projects it undertakes, and also that it works closely with developers seeking LEED accreditation for their projects to ensure that environmentally conscious destruction methods are used.
The International Demolition Awards recognize demolition contractors for excellence in demolition best practices, health and safety, innovation in demolition techniques and environmental responsibility. Awards are given in 12 categories.
More information about Costello Demolition is available at www.costellodismantling.com.
Houston-based Cherry Cos. was named also a finalist in the Environmental & Recycling Category.
Cherry earned accolades for its overall work in the award competition’s Demolition and Environmental Recycling category. This category recognized companies that commit to reducing their operations’ environmental impact, use effective recycling strategies, demonstrate “green” working practices, invest in cleaner equipment and control operational noise, pollution and disturbance.
More information about Cherry Cos. is available at www.cherrycompanies.com.
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