Traffic, environmental and economic optimization of the recycling of concrete waste

The recycling of concrete waste is becoming increasingly important as a contribution to conserving resources and reducing mineral construction waste. Currently, concrete is mainly reused in a subordinate application area (downcycling), such as earthworks or road construction, or disposed (Kreislaufwirtschaft Bau 2021). Due to this, natural raw materials have to be mined for the production of new concrete, although there are processing techniques that allow the use of concrete waste for concrete production. This paper deals with the optimization of plant locations for the recycling of concrete waste. Taking the city of Cologne as an example, the recycling process is balanced with regard to the use of natural resources and CO₂ emissions of the freight transport. This makes an important contribution to the conservation of natural resources and to climate protection.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.474
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235214652300772X
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Puslat, Sabrina
• Conference:
  • Transport Research Arena Conference (TRA Lisbon 2022)
  • Location: Lisbon , Portugal
  • Date: 2022-11-14 to 2022-11-17
• Publication Date: 2023

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; References;
• Pagination: pp 829-835
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Procedia
  • Volume: 72
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2352-1465
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/23521465/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Concrete plants; Environmental impacts; Location; Optimization; Recycling; Waste products
• Geographic Terms: Cologne (Germany)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Materials; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01907885
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 12 2024 10:31AM