Q: I just bought a house and one of my first projects is removing an old, cracked concrete patio in order to replace it with a new deck. How can I dispose of the old concrete? A: Concrete is a little ...

Concrete is a long--lasting material, but roads, buildings and other concrete structures can exhaust their usefulness. When these structures are demolished, the debris can get a new life through ...

Escondido, Calif., city officials have agreed to speed up a proposal to build a concrete recycling plant on the city's west side. Earlier this week the City Council granted Weir Concrete and Asphalt ...

When it comes to human-made materials, concrete is the most consumed product on earth. Each year, about three tons of concrete are consumed per person. The environmental impact of concrete is far less ...

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a novel new method to recycle wood waste by incorporating it into cement and mortar mixtures, making the resulting ...

Reusing the rubble from construction sites isn't just keeping the environment clean, it's also keeping building costs down. Efforts to recycle building materials, from chunks of concrete to scraps of ...

More than 15,000 tonnes of crushed concrete generated from the demolition of the turbine hall at the shutdown Sizewell A ...