Tiger Stadium Debris Finds New Life
by Jennifer Berry
Published on October 15th, 2008
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Since its demolition began in June of this year, Tiger Stadium of Detroit, Mich., has produced a great deal of debris. Although the stadium is not in use anymore, its parts certainly are not going to waste, according to SouthCoastToday.com.
More than 94 percent of the demolished portion of the stadium is being recycled. This translates into 11.4 million pounds of aluminum, copper and other valuable commodities.
These portions of the stadium have the potential to become a host of new products, from new car parts to appliances and building foundations.
“This project lent itself well to recycling,” said Michael Brehse, vice president of MCM Management Corp., who supervised the demolition. “There’s not a whole lot here … that can’t be reused.”
Scrap prices are soaring: the price of scrap steels has increased 251 percent in the last five years. A recent survey by the National Demolition Association found that about 75 percent of demolition material is reused or recycled.
