C&D Recycling

Contento’s Recycling

We operate central New York’s only construction and demolition debris (C&D) recycling center. It accepts unprocessed C&D as defined by NYS DEC regulations (6 NYCRR 360.)

C&D includes uncontaminated solid waste resulting from the construction, remodeling, repair, and demolition of utilities, structures and roads; and uncontaminated solid waste resulting from land clearing. Such waste includes, but is not limited to:

Bricks, Concrete, and Other Masonry Materials
Soil and Rock
Wood including painted, treated and coated wood products
Land Clearing Debris
Wall Coverings, Plaster, Drywall, Plumbing Fixtures, Non-Asbestos Insulation
Asphaltic Pavement
Glass
Plastics that are not sealed in a manner that conceals other wastes
Empty Buckets 10 gallons or less in size and having no more than one inch of residue remaining on the bottom
Electrical Wiring and Components containing no hazardous liquids, and pipe and metals that are incidental to any of the above

https://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/23686.html

Wood Recycling

Contento’s recycles clean (unpainted, non-pressure treated wood) Pallets, dimensional lumber, green waste.
Products we can make from c&d wood: mulch, animal bedding, boiler fuel, compost.
Mobile grinding services available for land clearing projects and c&d wood.

Gypsum Recycling

Contento’s recycles pre-consumer gypsum wallboard. The clean gypsum wallboard is collected separately than the mixed c&d and is processed into a soil amendment product for local agricultural use.

UNCONTAMINATED C&D DEBRIS

Will be accepted at $85 per ton with a $30 minimum charge per disposal

Monday-Friday 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM at 119 1/2 Pendleton Street, Cortland NY, 13045.

UNACCEPTABLE MATERIALS

Are subject to additional charges and penalties. Contento Recycling reserves the right to refuse any loads with any amount of contaminants or unacceptable materials.

Unacceptable materials: