THE USE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS IN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
Research on waste byproducts is yielding new uses for materials like blast furnace and steel slags, carpet fibers, glass, coal ash byproducts, municipal solid waste combustion ash, recycled plastic, roofing shingle waste, and rubber tires. The highway construction industry can put many of these materials to use, which relieves some of the burden of disposal and provides an inexpensive construction product. This article describes the research being conducted on the aforementioned materials and provides a summary of their known uses in waste applications. Most of the research has been conducted in the laboratory and must now be systematically employed in the highway construction field to determine viability and long-term performance.
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Corporate Authors:
Federal Highway Administration
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Authors:
- Schroeder, R L
- Publication Date: 1994
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 32-41
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Serial:
- Public Roads
- Volume: 58
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
- ISSN: 0033-3735
- Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
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Publication flags:
Open Access (libre)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Building materials; Environmental impacts; Environmental quality; Field tests; Laboratory tests; Pavements; Recycled materials; Recycling; Road construction; Salvage
- Old TRIS Terms: Recycled pavements
- Subject Areas: Environment; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Pavements; I35: Miscellaneous Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00669302
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
- Created Date: Nov 29 1994 12:00AM