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Concrete recycling is the use of rubble from demolished concrete structures. Recycling is cheaper and more ecological than trucking rubble to a landfill . [ 1 ] Crushed rubble can be used for road gravel, revetments , retaining walls, landscaping gravel, or raw material for new concrete.
In 1985, the Kaufmans sold the 2,000-acre (8.1 km 2) quarry to investors who filled in and developed the quarry for residential use, including Marble Cliff Commons [6] [2] [3] apartments and Marble Cliff Crossing, a 100 single-family and 60 double-family subdivision built between 1998 and 2003. [7]
Denmark successfully cut its landfill use by over 80%, reaching a recycling rate over 60%. In the United Kingdom, all personnel performing builders or construction waste clearance are required by law to be working for a CIS registered business. [21] However, the waste generation in the UK continues to grow, but the rate of increase has slowed. [22]
In 2014, 505.1 million tons of demolition debris was generated in the US. Out of the 505.1 million tons, the debris was composed of 353.6 million tons of concrete, 76.6 million tons of asphalt concrete, 35.8 million tons of wood product, 12.7 million tons of asphalt shingles, 11.8 million tons of brick and clay tile, 10.3 million tons of drywall and plaster, and 4.3 million tons of steel.
Tire arm chair Tires are among the most problematic sources of waste. Progress in recycling has resulted in a major reduction in dumping. Tire recycling, or rubber recycling, is the process of recycling waste tires that are no longer suitable for use on vehicles due to wear or irreparable damage.
A specialized trash collection truck providing regular municipal trash collection in a neighborhood in Stockholm, Sweden Waste pickers burning e-waste in Agbogbloshie, a site near Accra in Ghana that processes large volumes of international electronic waste.
Informal waste collection is the activity of "manually sorting and extracting various recyclable and reusable materials from mixed waste, at legal and illegal dumpsites, on top of or under piles of waste, in bins, at various transfer points, in transport trucks or elsewhere". [1]
Demolition of a house in Greenville, North Carolina, USA A partially demolished house in Qormi, Malta Demolition of the cooling towers of the Athlone Power Station in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa A house under demolition in Argos, Greece.