Henri Kylä-Utsuri: Use of recycled concrete

1. 25.8.2016
Green Building – Building Green in Cities
Rudus Oy
Use of recycled concrete
Henri Kylä-Utsuri

2. Rudus Oy
Concrete recycling
Future?
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3
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3. Rudus Oy
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4. Recycling
Concrete recycling, flyash recycling, clean soil recycling

5. Concrete Recycling
Demolition Concrete industry
Processing
Use as aggregates

6. Concrete Recycling
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Pre-sizing
Reception at Rudus recycling areas
Storage and use as CE-marked aggregate
Crushing and screening
Quality Control

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• Betoroc is a branded and registered trademark
• Manufactured with a approved quality management system
• CE-marked
• Proper recycling product
• Environmentally accepted
• High quality aggregate

8. Use of recycled concrete
• Environmental permit
• Exceptions, so called Mara-regulation
• Roads and streets, parking lots, sport
fields, storage areas…
• Not accepted, ground water areas,
under buildings
• Mainly used as base and subbase material
in road construction and maintenance
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9. Benefits of Betoroc
• Larger load bearing capacity than crushed rock
• Structures can be designed with less material requirements
• Ecological alternative
• Preserves natural resources, carbon dioxide sink through
carbonation of concrete
• Economical alternative
• Usually 20-30% cheaper than natural aggregates
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10. Future
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• EoW?
• Landscape?