Recycled concrete

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.

dubbed ’gent waste brick for DING,’ the bricks are made from 63% recycled municipal waste of gent which includes crushed concrete and glass

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Chinese materials company Yi Design has developed a porous brick made from recycled ceramic waste that could be used to prevent flooding in urban areas.

The new Material Edition will showcase many other types of concrete including, for example, glass-foam concrete, translucent concrete, colored and recycled concrete. Be inspired by the sheer wealth of possible uses!

Circular by Design: StoneCycling Turns Industrial and Demolition Waste Into Bricks

“People are hesitant to reuse concrete due to a variety of concerns,” says Corentin Fivet, a tenure-track assistant professor at EPFL and head of the Structural Exploration Lab (SXL) within the Smart Living Lab. “But we wanted to show that those concerns are largely unfounded. Blocks of concrete that are selected for reuse are just as reliable and useful as new blocks.” Fivet has been studying potential applications of the circular economy in the construction industry for years. His team at…

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.

Breaking up a concrete-slab