Recycled concrete

When it comes to recycling, reusing and repurposing aggregates, waste glass in concrete has advantages and disadvantages.

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Concrete is the most widely used building material in the world, but it comes at a huge environmental cost. Engineers in Japan have developed a new technique to make concrete by recycling waste concrete and combining it with captured carbon dioxide.

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We recently grabbed some old concrete pieces for projects at our neighbors. We have so many different ideas, including using one for a step up into our chicken coop.

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What could be better than building concrete structures without creating more CO2? How about this: a new form of cement that actually absorbs carbon dioxide rather than being a primary source of its man-made emissions.Consider this: 1 out of 20 units of carbon released by human activity into the ...

Breaking up a concrete-slab

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To save money I’ve been reusing broken-up old concrete paths & relaying it as crazy paving. Here is how I built a cheap and (hopefully) beautiful new path.

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Urbanite, aka recycled concrete, its all the rage in the sustainability circles. But what is it and what can you do with it? Find out here.

Retaining walls made from recycled concrete! Great reuse but will make soil more basic in pH because of concrete.

Sharing our DIY Recycled Concrete Walkway by our garage for an outdoor DIY project step by step tutorial in the woods

You can use old concrete as fill for new concrete to create aggregate to add bulk, compressive strength, and stability, as well as for recycling purposes.

Known from public buildings and waiting halls, terrazzo, the surface material originally made out of tile or glass pieces experienced its peak in the 50s. Originally invented in the antiquity, terr…