I'm working on an article for a client newsletter -- this is a European manufacturer of track-mounted crushers and screens -- on the U.S. market for this type of equipment. Last fall I did a research project on the North American demolition and C&D recycling markets for this client's parent company.

In talking last fall to Mike Taylor at the NDA, and Bill Turley at CMRA, I was told that a lot of demolition contractors are getting into onsite crushing and screening of materials because it's more cost-effective to recycle materials than it is to dump them, but that a roadblock they're running into is finding an actual market for the recycled material.

For anyone who's doing C&D recycling, is this true, in your experience?

When do you find it's more cost-effective -- and how much of a legislative push is there in your region -- to recycle materials versus landfilling?

I'd appreciate any information you can give -- thanks!