The City of Portland begins regulating construction and
demolition (C&D) debris. The ordinance and associated
administrative rules required projects with a value of $25,000
or greater to recycle a minimum of 50 percent of construction
debris generated at the job site, and mandated the recycling of
five primary materials including metal, cardboard, wood, land-
clearing debris, and rubble (concrete/brick). Since 1995,
projects meeting the $25,000 threshold, and later $50,000
threshold, have been required to fill out a Pre-Construction
Recycling Plan Form, which explains the C&D requirements, and
requests information on waste materials generated and the method
of collection or if it was reused at the site. The $25,000
threshold is increased to $50,000. The rationale at the time was
that projects valued between $25,000 and $50,000 did not
generate substantial amounts of recyclables. A resolution is
adopted and Portland City Council directs the then Office of
Sustainable Development (now Bureau of Planning and Sust