Recycled concrete

Concrete Collaborative manufactures sustainable polished concrete overlay, terrazzo benchtop slabs and tile for Australia. Responsibly sourced content and up to 80% recycled content. Zero Waste | Strikingly Unique. Select your own aggregate(s). We are constantly sourcing other recycled aggregates to add to our range. So, keep an eye out for new additions....

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

Carmody Groarke is a London based architectural practice.

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.

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.

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.

In our search for the right type of waste to turn into WasteBasedBricks®, we came to the conclusion that it is still a challenge to find it and that this should change in order for a circular economy to become a reality. Here´s why. || StoneCycling WasteBasedBricks® || #architecture #interiordesign #brick #brickdesign #sustainable #sustainability #upcycling

This is a guide about urbanite (recycled concrete) craft projects. Recycled concrete from sidewalks and other sources, also known as urbanite, can be reused in a number of ways, including garden wall building.

Breaking up a concrete-slab

Pathway?

With a little creativity and a bit of work, old broken concrete can be upcycled into unique urbanite hardscapes for your garden.

https://youtu.be/9yNzEDOSUp8Each year over 7 million tons of seashells are thrown away by the seafood industry into landfills. Shells are not biodegradable and

Disposing of concrete can be both difficult and pricey. According to the EPA, in 2018 the United States generated 600 million tons of debris from construction and demolition projects – taking up 50% of all landfills! This high number is due to improper disposal methods; after all, when we fill a landfill with solid materials like rubble or concrete it takes away space that could otherwise be filled with soil, plants, and shrubbery – ultimately raising our landfill costs.

Make a DIY patio on a budget out of broken concrete - or urbanite - for the cost of a bag or two of mortar mix! A great way to reuse and repurpose something headed for the landfill as well as a good landscape design idea.

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.