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Title: Secondary materials: Engineering properties, environmental consequences, and social and economic impacts. Final report

Abstract

This report investigates two secondary materials, plastic lumber made from mixed plastic waste, and cement blocks and structures made with incinerator ash. Engineering properties, environmental impacts, and energy costs and savings of these secondary materials are compared to standard lumber products and cement blocks. Market capacity and social acceptance of plastic lumber and stabilized ash products are analyzed. These secondary materials apparently have potential markets; however, their economic value is primarily that they will not take up landfill space. For plastic lumber and stabilized incinerator ash products, marine and highway construction seem ideal public works applications. Incinerator ash may be suitable to use in seawalls, jetties, fishing reefs, highway barriers, and roadbed applications. Docks, piers, highway sound barriers, parking stops, and park furniture may all be made from plastic lumber. To encourage public acceptance and improve the market potential of secondary materials, these activities could be beneficial: industry should emphasize developing useful, long-lived products; industry and governments should create product performance criteria; government should provide rigorous testing and demonstration programs; and government and industry should cooperate to improve public outreach and educational programs.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY (United States). Waste Management Inst.
Sponsoring Org.:
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Albany, NY (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10110972
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 10110972; Legacy ID: TI94004724
Report Number(s):
NYSERDA--93-16
ON: TI94004724
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Aug 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION; SOLID WASTES; RECYCLING; PROGRESS REPORT; MARKET; WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITES; ASHES; INCINERATORS; MATERIAL SUBSTITUTION; ENERGY ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS 320305; 320604; 360600; 290500; INDUSTRIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT; MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT; OTHER MATERIALS; RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND COMMERCIALIZATION

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Breslin, V., Reaven, S., Schwartz, M., Swanson, L., Zweig, M., Bortman, M., and Schubel, J.. Secondary materials: Engineering properties, environmental consequences, and social and economic impacts. Final report. United States: N. p., 1993. Web. doi:10.2172/10110972.
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Breslin, V., Reaven, S., Schwartz, M., Swanson, L., Zweig, M., Bortman, M., & Schubel, J.. Secondary materials: Engineering properties, environmental consequences, and social and economic impacts. Final report. United States. doi:10.2172/10110972.
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Breslin, V., Reaven, S., Schwartz, M., Swanson, L., Zweig, M., Bortman, M., and Schubel, J.. Sun . "Secondary materials: Engineering properties, environmental consequences, and social and economic impacts. Final report". United States. doi:10.2172/10110972. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10110972.
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@article{osti_10110972,
title = {Secondary materials: Engineering properties, environmental consequences, and social and economic impacts. Final report},
author = {Breslin, V. and Reaven, S. and Schwartz, M. and Swanson, L. and Zweig, M. and Bortman, M. and Schubel, J.},
abstractNote = {This report investigates two secondary materials, plastic lumber made from mixed plastic waste, and cement blocks and structures made with incinerator ash. Engineering properties, environmental impacts, and energy costs and savings of these secondary materials are compared to standard lumber products and cement blocks. Market capacity and social acceptance of plastic lumber and stabilized ash products are analyzed. These secondary materials apparently have potential markets; however, their economic value is primarily that they will not take up landfill space. For plastic lumber and stabilized incinerator ash products, marine and highway construction seem ideal public works applications. Incinerator ash may be suitable to use in seawalls, jetties, fishing reefs, highway barriers, and roadbed applications. Docks, piers, highway sound barriers, parking stops, and park furniture may all be made from plastic lumber. To encourage public acceptance and improve the market potential of secondary materials, these activities could be beneficial: industry should emphasize developing useful, long-lived products; industry and governments should create product performance criteria; government should provide rigorous testing and demonstration programs; and government and industry should cooperate to improve public outreach and educational programs.},
doi = {10.2172/10110972},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993},
month = {Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993}
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