An investigation of the potential for resource recovery from demolition wastes

Technical Report · Fri Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1976

OSTI ID:7308161

Wiesman, R M; Wilson, D G

The potential for recovering materials from the wastes resulting from the demolition of buildings is evaluated. The objectives were: (1) to determine the total quantity and material make-up of demolition wastes produced annually in the United States; (2) to examine potential and hypothetical new technologies and applications which, when applied to resource recovery from demolition wastes, could be economically favorable; and (3) to examine cost specifications for economic viability of potential resource-recovery operations on demolition wastes. An input analysis is made to determine the probable contents of demolition wastes in recent years in three U.S. cities--Atlanta, Boston, and Los Angeles. A process flow chart for a hypothetical demolition-waste treatment center is drawn up and the operations of such a center are analyzed. It is concluded that such a center should be profitable in urban areas where concrete aggregate is in short supply and where landfills taking mixed wastes are distant and expensive.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
• OSTI ID: 7308161
• Report Number(s): PB-262339
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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