Refurbish and recycle
Eurovia is responsive to these objectives and strives to meet its stakeholders' needs with respect to environmental protection; accordingly, over the years, we have developed strong expertise in this area. Today, we have 132 sites and facilities devoted to the refurbishing and recycling of materials from demolition activities and by-products from industrial processes and subsequent production of recycled aggregates. In all, 8 million tonnes of materials were refurbished or recycled in 2009, representing 14% of Eurovia's total production of materials.
Eurovia launches a new management platform for its materials and services offerings
Eurovia has implemented a new type of platform for the storage and marketing of materials. Its products and associated services platform is designed to respond to product and service-related client requests more effectively, in particular, with respect to excavation materials.
On the new platform, clients can find:...
- Warm and hot mixes, including recycling guidelines for coating aggregate
- Road and hydraulic gravel
- Recycled materials
- Different types of materials, including aggregate, storable cold-mix coatings, mobile worksite panels, and de-icing salts
- Bituminous binders (emulsions, fluxed bitumen, modified bitumen…) produced at on-site plants, or supplied by local storage facilities
The new platform allows clients to deposit excavation materials, which are them sorted and processed at a recycling plant with the non-recyclable portion shipped to appropriate centres for disposal. Clients can also load available products online to ensure adequate supply for its worksites. As a result, transport logistics are optimized and CO2 emission reduced. Four such platforms are already in use in France, two in Canada, and one each in Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Lithuania.
Germany: high recycling rates
In 20 years, the proportion of re-used pavement employed in new road construction or repair has doubled to 80%. As a result, annual bitumen consumption has dropped by over 7,000 tonnes.
A green road in the United Kingdom
Ringway refurbished a 1.1-km section of A338, a dual 2-lane carriageway located near Salisbury in Wiltshire County using a cold in-place recycling process.
- 6,500 tonnes of re-used materials
- 1,000 truck-borne deliveries prevented
- 60,000 litres of fuel saved
- 60% reduction in carbon release
- 3 km of pedestrian paths built using surplus recycled materials
Cardem: the demolition specialist
Cardem conducted the demolition of three residential towers in Mâcon using blasting techniques. Five months of preparation were required for this project. A total of 232 kg of explosives and 1,400 detonators were installed in two of the towers, 16 and 10 storeys high, respectively. Cardem was also mandated to carry out site restoration by removing post-demolition materials and processing them (through crushing) for re-use in future building projects.