Industrial Materials Recycling | Wastes

Toolkit to Help Local Governments with Green Building Practices (PDF) (92 pp, 15MB, about PDF)

Building for the Future (PDF) (2 pp, 416K, about PDF) provides information about the examples pictured on the Industrial MaterialRecycling Banner. See Success Stories for more examples.

Green Renovation Brings a Community Back to Life: The Lazarus Building (PDF) (2 pp, 758K, about PDF)

Using Recycled Industrial Materials in Roadways (PDF) (4 pp, 1.1MB, about PDF)

Brightwater Wastewater Treatment System: Built with the Environment in Mind (PDF) (2 pp, 789K, about PDF)

Using Recycled Industrial Materials in Buildings (PDF) (4 pp, 538K, about PDF)

Nearly every industrial process, from manufacturing consumer goods to generating energy, produces different types of usable materials. Similar to municipal solid wastes, such as cardboard, newspapers, and beverage containers, these industrial materials are also valuable commodities that can be recycled.

This section provides information on the recycling and beneficial use of industrial materials, including:

Basic Information – overview and benefits of industrial materials recycling

Where You Live – regional and state programs in your area

Construction & Demolition Materials – encourages the reuse and recycling of construction and demolition materials

Construction Initiative – collaborative public and private sector effort to encourage the recycling of industrial materials in transportation and building construction projects

Coal Combustion Products – describes coal ash combustion products as a building and manufacturing material

Foundry Sand – promotes the beneficial use of spent foundry sand

Iron and Steel Slag – promotes the use of blast furnace and steel furnace slag

Scrap Tires – collaborative efforts to facilitate the recovery and reuse of scrap tires

Success Stories – learn how projects across the country have saved money, energy, resources, and helped the environment by recycling industrial materials

Resources – publications, technical documents, regulations, specifications/standards, and sample contract language

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