City Works to Keep Demolition Debris Out of Landfill | KCRG …

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - As demolition work continues on the old Cedar Rapids Public Works building, the city is working to keep much of it out of the landfill.

Project leaders know it's a big project for the city with a lot of debris that could take up a lot of space.

The old building that's coming down sits just off of 6th Street SW. The new public works building recently opened, which is called the City Services Center. It went up right next to the old one.

Now workers are just trying to make progress on the job by tearing down the old flood-damaged facility.

Tammy Seber works in the building services department. Day by day, she's been watching the demolition.

"Every day I come by here there's a little bit more gone, Seber said.

Just behind the new building where she's now working, heavy equipment is on the move.

"It's interesting every day, said Flood Recovery Program Manager John Riggs.

Riggs said the demolition is about 80 percent finished.

But with tons and tons of trash -- where's it all going?

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