Best practice expert advice on the use of recycled materials in road and rail infrastructure: part B sustainability impacts report

This report (Part B: Sustainability Impacts Report) is the second of two Best Practice Expert Advice on the Use of Recycled Materials in Infrastructure reports. Combined, these reports support the Australian Government's delivery of the National Waste Policy Action Plan 2019 objective to increase the use of recycled content in road and rail infrastructure and inform government procurement requirements. This report reviews, assesses and reports on the environmental, economic and social impacts of using recycled materials in major infrastructure projects across the road and rail industries in Australia. The analysis focusses on the environmental impacts and provides summarised knowledge on the economic (quantified and non-quantified costs and benefits) and social implications of using recycled materials in road and rail infrastructure. The following materials are considered: 1. Crushed Concrete and Brick; 2. Recycled Crushed Glass (RCG); 3. Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP); 4. Crumb Rubber; 5. Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS); 6. Fly Ash; 7. Bottom Ash; 8. Recycled Solid Organics; 9. Recycled Ballast; 10. Recycled Plastics. This report also extends the information provided in Part A, by detailing barriers to the increased adoption of recycled materials and key recommendations to address these barriers. Part A provided a review of government policies and actions that support the transition to a circular economy through the use of recycled materials in road and rail infrastructure. It also provided a technical examination of the application and uses of recycled materials; emerging opportunities; comparative performance to virgin materials; market maturity; supply; and estimated recycled content potential.

• Record URL:
  • https://3003125.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/3003125/ARRB%20Recycled%20Materials%20Best%20Practice_Part%20B_Final%20June2022.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared for: Commonwealth Sustainable Procurement Advocacy and Resource Centre (C-SPARC), Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
• Corporate Authors:

  Australian Road Research Board (ARRB)

  Port Melbourne, Victoria   
• Authors:
  • Hall, B
  • Grenfell, J
  • Pandelidi, C
  • Yaghoubi, J
  • Lyons, M
  • O'Connor, G
  • Harrison, J
  • Feigen, D
  • Xue, S
• Publication Date: 2022-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 52p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt pavements; Brick; Coarse aggregates; Concrete; Crumb rubber; Economic analysis; Economics; Environment; Environmental impacts; Externalities; Fly ash; Glass; Infrastructure; Plastics; Recycled materials; Rubber; Slag; Social impacts; Waste products
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ballast
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ATRI Terms: Brick; Concrete; Crumb rubber; Economic analysis; Environmental effects; Fly ash; Glass; Infrastructure; Plastics; Reclaimed asphalt pavement; Recycled materials; Slag; Social costs
• ITRD Terms: 4966: Reclaimed asphalt; 4573: Recycling (mater); 1055: Transport infrastructure
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; I33: Other Materials used in Pavement Layers;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01853889
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB Group Limited
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 2 2022 2:35PM