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Recycled building materials already offer compelling advantages over many primary equivalents

From deconstructing, modifying and renovating buildings to road rubble and excavated soil, there is construction waste everywhere that is too valuable to simply dispose of in landfill. Recycling it conserves natural resources. Today’s recycled building materials also represent a high-quality alternative to new materials.

How are building materials recycled?
Recycled building materials are processed at special facilities and also dealt with at source onsite using mobile equipment to crush, sort and screen for grading by size. Advanced techniques such as air sifting, washing, magnetic separation, density separation and sorting belts filter out unwanted substances and ensure a high-quality product. Aggregate produced in this way can be reused in a variety of scenarios.

Where are recycled building materials reused?
Recycled mineral building materials are typically granular and predominately used in road building, various earthwork applications, gardening and landscaping, and increasingly as aggregate to make concrete. The use of recycled building materials always requires that they offer equivalent structural properties to materials made from primary raw materials, in addition to being environmentally sound.

Versatility
Reprocessing construction waste results in various different grades, making it possible to produce recycled material of different compositions and qualities for a whole host of applications. This enables the appropriate recycled building material to be supplied to suit any requirement and purpose.

Cost-effectiveness
Recycled building materials generally work out cheaper than their conventional counterparts. This is attributable to their lower installed weight and the fact that recycled building materials are sold by the tonne rather than per cubic metre. Thanks to their higher yield, they deliver significant cost savings.

Quality assurance
Recycled building materials may normally only be used in buildings if they have been checked, quality controlled and certified. Their fitness for use in construction and their environmental credentials are subject to continual quality control based on binding guidelines.

Sustainability
Recycling construction waste, building components and rubble to make new building materials conserves natural resources. Recycled building materials also meet high standards in terms of their environmental impact, load bearing capacity, surface quality, durability and frost resistance, thereby ensuring a long service life for the building in which they are used.