columns) command a high price and are regularly recycled, whereas dimensional lumber

is not often reused (Falk and Green 1999).

 There are several potential advantages of reusing recycled lumber. First, a

significant quantity of recycled lumber is derived from old-growth timber and may have a

tighter grain structure. Second, recycled lumber is relatively dry, with less tendency to

warp on the job site (Falk et al. 1999). Third, salvage yards sell recycled lumber at about

50% of retail lumber prices (Falk 2002).

Disposal

 The Florida Administrative Code (FAC) allows the use of C&D debris facilities in

addition to Class I, II and III landfills. Rule 62-701.200 (25) defines C&D debris as:

* Discarded materials generally considered to be not soluble in water and non-

 hazardous in nature, including but not limited to steel, glass, brick, concrete,

 asphalt material, pipe, gypsum wallboard, and lumber, from the construction or

 destruction of a structure as part of a construction or demolition project or from the

 renovation of a structure, including such debris from construction of structures at a

 site remote from the construction or demolition project site. The term includes

 rocks, soils, tree remains, trees, and other vegetative matter (that normally result

 from land clearing or land development operations for a construction project), clean

 cardboard, paper, plastic, wood, and metal scraps from a construction project;

* Effective January 1, 1997, except as provided in Section 403.707(13)(j), F.S.,

 unpainted, nontreated wood scraps from facilities manufacturing materials used for

 construction of structures or their components and unpainted, non-treated wood

 pallets provided the wood scraps and pallets are separated from other solid waste