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Materials Recycling and Reuse - Finding Opportunities in Colorado Highways
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) secured a Resource Conservation Grant provided by the U.S. EPA to determine a strategy to improve recycling on highway projects and reduce waste in landfills. The project focused primarily on five high-tonnage materials: asphalt, concrete, metal, wood, and tires. These materials can be reused, recycled, and replaced on highway projects in cost-effective ways. Recommendations include: (1) Increase the percent of RAP allowed in highway asphalt pavement projects from 15% to 30%; (2) Use crushed concrete for more project applications; (3) Replace wood products with more recycle-friendly products such as steel and plastic; (4) Replace raw materials with steel products made from recycled steel; (5) Increase use of rubber tire products in engineering applications; (6) Modify construction specifications and improve tracking to both increase and measure efforts; and (7) Present findings to engineers and DOT designers responsible for materials selection in project design.
Materials Recycling and Reuse - Finding Opportunities in Colorado Highways
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) secured a Resource Conservation Grant provided by the U.S. EPA to determine a strategy to improve recycling on highway projects and reduce waste in landfills. The project focused primarily on five high-tonnage materials: asphalt, concrete, metal, wood, and tires. These materials can be reused, recycled, and replaced on highway projects in cost-effective ways. Recommendations include: (1) Increase the percent of RAP allowed in highway asphalt pavement projects from 15% to 30%; (2) Use crushed concrete for more project applications; (3) Replace wood products with more recycle-friendly products such as steel and plastic; (4) Replace raw materials with steel products made from recycled steel; (5) Increase use of rubber tire products in engineering applications; (6) Modify construction specifications and improve tracking to both increase and measure efforts; and (7) Present findings to engineers and DOT designers responsible for materials selection in project design.
Materials Recycling and Reuse - Finding Opportunities in Colorado Highways
M. Stevens (author)
2007
182 pages
Report
No indication
English
Construction Equipment, Materials, & Supplies , Highway Engineering , Solid Wastes Pollution & Control , Transportation , Recycled materials , Reuse , Road materials , Highways , Colorado , Asphalt pavements , Concretes , Waste tires , Plastic , Steel , Construction , Design , Solid waste reduction , Waste recycling , Cost effectiveness , Recommendations , Highway projects , Reclaimed asphalt pavement(RAP)
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