| Ever wonder how large scale debris and recycling | | | | construction site. These pads help heavy trucks clean |
| removal actually happens? For those of us who don't | | | | the mud from their tires before entering the highway. |
| have access to a personal bulldozer, the answer is | | | | Most throw away items can see new life in an |
| usually one arm-load at a time. For large scale | | | | entirely new product. |
| projects such as re-roofing, major remodeling, and | | | | By weight, asphalt is the most recycled material in |
| brush clearing, those arm-loads add up quickly. The | | | | the United States today. The EPA reports that 80% |
| simplest way to get rid of large piles of debris is to | | | | of the asphalt that is removed during resurfacing |
| rent a dumpster or rolloff container. | | | | projects is being recycled. Old asphalt is reused to |
| If the waste removal would require multiple runs to | | | | build new roads, roadbeds, shoulders and |
| the landfill with a small vehicle, renting a container | | | | embankments. Interestingly, when reclaimed asphalt is |
| quickly becomes a better use of fuel, time and | | | | used as the aggregate in an asphalt mix, the new |
| money. The extra bonus is that using a rolloff | | | | surface often has a longer life than if the area had |
| dumpster can also be the better choice for the | | | | been paved using all virgin material. |
| environment. Responsible lot cleanup includes recycling | | | | Tire recycling has a lot of benefits. A small |
| waste in ways that do not further clog our nation's | | | | percentage of tires are reprocessed by using |
| landfills. Most people are aware that organic materials | | | | ultrasound, microwaves, or heat to break them down |
| like lumber, brush, stumps and tree limbs can be | | | | into reusable compounds. However, most tires are |
| ground or chipped into landscape mulch or other | | | | reused in their tough vulcanized state. Some are also |
| wood products. | | | | shredded or ground up into rubber aggregate, |
| Many other inorganic materials commonly found at | | | | crumbs, or mulch. Shredded tire nuggets are popular |
| construction sites can also be recycled. Environmental | | | | for use on playgrounds and in equestrian arenas. |
| recycling is easy to initiate at this phase of debris | | | | When waste materials are recycled, your good deeds |
| removal because waste material can be collected into | | | | do not end with trash removal and a better looking |
| specialized containers. Concrete can be recycled into | | | | landscape. Recycling continues to benefit society, the |
| rock aggregate and gravel. After the concrete is | | | | economy and the environment through lower |
| broken up, it is usually screened so that the individual | | | | transportation and manufacturing and costs. This in |
| pieces have a relatively uniform size. | | | | turn puts less stress on established eco-systems by |
| If you recycle, it's possible that one inch chunks of | | | | reducing the release of additional pollutants into our |
| your old patio might someday be used as back fill for | | | | environment. Yes indeed, large scale debris and |
| a retaining wall at a botanical garden. Or perhaps | | | | recycling removal happens one specialized dumpster |
| three inch rocks made from your old sidewalk might | | | | at a time. |
| be used as a rocky tracking pad at a new | | | | |