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February 11, 2021

Bay Area Concrete Recycling Explains How Technology Has Impacted Concrete Recycling/Recycled Aggregates



Recycling is more than just a buzzword. This is especially true for concrete and asphalt recycling, where using the right equipment to crush the debris has been crucial in leaving a small footprint on the environment. In many ways, it’s a win-win situation for everyone involved.



Bay Area Concrete Recycling is a concrete and asphalt recycling company located in San Francisco, California, at M and 3rd Street on Treasure Island. They have been in business since 2012. The inert materials they accept for recycling include concrete, asphalt, mixed concrete, and asphalt grinding. The company ensures that 100% of the disposed concrete and asphalt is recycled which then becomes available for purchase. The team explains how technology has impacted concrete recycling and recycling aggregates.

Recycling Concrete in the Past

Before recycling became a flourishing trend, the easiest and most convenient way to get rid of construction materials, as well as asphalt, was to dump them in a landfill. It was easy and convenient but didn’t really get rid of the problem. It just moved the material somewhere else.

It was a costly operation that also demanded new landfills, since the old ones got filled up pretty fast. This required a new approach to concrete and asphalt disposal. Instead of just moving the debris, why not recycle it?

Asphalt and Concrete Recycling Today

Instead of treating asphalt and concrete as garbage to be dumped, Bay Area Concrete Recycling recycles the materials in a safe and profitable way.

Concrete recycling is an involving process that can be broken down into several phases. The first phase is about removing the concrete from the current location and transporting it to another place to be processed. Sometimes the concrete is crushed on-site before it gets hauled. This usually involves using a crushing rig. Thanks to technology, this process is much more efficient and requires less human intervention. The crushed concrete can then be used as aggregate for new concrete.

As for asphalt recycling, it’s more than a trend these days. Recent research found that more than 80% of removed asphalt in the U.S. gets recycled. Recycling companies remove old asphalt, break it down then stockpile it. It can then be transported to new paving sites to be used as a chalk mix.

Bay Area Concrete Recycling on the Benefits of Recycling Concrete and Asphalt

Needless to say, the environment is the first beneficiary of recycled asphalt or concrete. Rather than having landfills filled with debris, that material gets reused in construction and paving roads. But it’s not just environmental benefits that motivate companies such as Bay Area Concrete Recycling to do an excellent job of recycling concrete and asphalt.

In most cases, the cost of recycling the materials is much less than actually disposing of it thanks to new technology. Not to mention that recycling asphalt is a lot cheaper than using fresh materials. The same thing applies to recycled concrete as well. Overall, recycling concrete and asphalt as an aggregate base has a lot of environmental benefits, brings down costs, and cuts transportation mileage on top of everything else.



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