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The portion of project debris that was recycled or salvaged rather than landfilled.
Total the weight from all recycling/salvage streams (e.g. metal, concrete, wood, cardboard) using hauler diversion reports or facility weight tickets where available.
The total weight of all debris generated by the project, recycled and landfilled combined.
This should equal the recycled/salvaged weight plus whatever was sent to landfill, from the same reporting period.
Recycling diversion rate
75.01 %
Verify your specific certification program's (e.g. LEED) exact calculation methodology and documentation requirements (weight tickets, hauler diversion reports) — some programs exclude certain material categories or require third-party-verified weight tickets rather than estimates.
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C&D Debris Recycling Diversion Rate Calculator: 75.01 % — shown in imperial, US market. The link sets both, so the result they see is the one on your screen.
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Formula source(s)
- Diversion rate (%) = Recycled/Salvaged Weight ÷ Total Debris Weight × 100 — the standard metric used in construction waste management plans and green building certification programs (e.g. LEED Materials & Resources credits) to report the fraction of project debris kept out of landfill.
Inputs used
- Recycled/Salvaged Debris Weight
- 33070 lb
- Total Debris Weight Generated
- 44090 lb
Confidence note: Verify your specific certification program's (e.g. LEED) exact calculation methodology and documentation requirements (weight tickets, hauler diversion reports) — some programs exclude certain material categories or require third-party-verified weight tickets rather than estimates.
What this calculation does not cover
- The rate is weight divided by weight — nothing in it knows what the material was. One heavy inert stream, concrete or scrap steel, can carry the entire percentage while most of the light packaging and mixed waste on site still goes to landfill.
- It counts weight that left site in a recycling or salvage container, not weight that was actually reprocessed. Loads rejected as contaminated at the sorting facility, sorting residues, and material burned for energy or used as landfill cover all still count as diverted here.
- Excavated soil, land-clearing arisings, and hazardous or otherwise regulated streams are treated as ordinary debris weight if you enter them. Whether they may be counted at all, and on which side of the sum, is set by the scheme you report to, not by this arithmetic.
- Nothing checks that your two figures cover the same scope or the same reporting period, and the calculation produces no evidence of its own. It does not replace the weighbridge tickets and hauler diversion reports a submittal is judged on, and some programs will not accept an estimated figure at all.
- There is no threshold anywhere in this calculation. It will not tell you whether the number you get earns a certification credit, meets your project waste management plan's target, or satisfies a local diversion ordinance — those baselines and their counting rules live in the scheme document.
Computed in your browser — nothing you enter is uploaded. Presented in US customary units and US trade terminology. Where a formula follows a published standard, that standard and its edition are cited beside it on this page; where none governs, the page says so. Local amendments override model codes — verify against the code in force where you build.
Sources checked 2026-09-02 · in the site-wide review of 2026-09-06 · v1.0.1
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- Diversion rate (%) = Recycled/Salvaged Weight ÷ Total Debris Weight × 100 — the standard metric used in construction waste management plans and green building certification programs (e.g. LEED Materials & Resources credits) to report the fraction of project debris kept out of landfill.
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