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General | September 26, 2013

Recycling Concrete from Buildings That are No Longer Needed Requires Long-Term Thinking at the Building’s Inception

Concrete buildings, when demolished, can serve as an excellent source of new building materials. Continue reading →

Featured | October 9, 2012

Lightning Used to Recycle Concrete Rubble

Concrete recycling rates may begin to climb using a new technique. Continue reading →

Featured | October 24, 2011

Cargill to Recycle 99% of Rubble From Grain Elevator Demolition

Carefully placed explosives in the Ogden grain elevator brought down 98 years of history and created 55,000 tonnes…

News | March 15, 2011

Urban mining – City waste discovered as new source for raw materials.

Great video that describes how cities can use Urban Mining to capture resources and materials that would have…

News | January 18, 2011

Construction Firm Keeps 60,000 Tons from Landfills

Building firm Reno Contracting has diverted 72 percent of its construction debris from landfills since the beginning of…

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