How to Recycle Concrete Barriers
Concrete barriers are a solid and usually temporary way to keep unwanted visitors and vehicles away from a site. When it comes to disposing of bulky items such as these, they are far better reused or recycled than sent to a landfill. Concrete can be recycled as gravel for certain purposes, such as road construction, which reduces the environmental damage caused by gravel extraction. If crushed sufficiently, old concrete can be used as the base for new concrete, reducing the demand for other raw materials such as sand and the associated environmental impact. Recycled concrete also cuts costs. Does this Spark an idea?
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Contact the company you bought the barriers from. It may accept returns for reuse or recycling and provide payment or a discount on future purchases in return.
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Contact construction companies in your area. They may need concrete barriers themselves, to block off building sites or to crush into an aggregate as a gravel or for new concrete. If not, they can provide you with the details of a construction recycling service in your area.
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Sell or give away the barriers by advertising on trade websites or sites such as Freecycle or Craigslist. Specify that they must be collected, if this is a requirement.
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Locate a recycling center that accepts large concrete items in your area. The Earth911 website has a useful search function.
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Break the barriers into pieces small enough to use in new projects of your own. Large, rock-size pieces work for outdoor projects. Crushed further, the concrete becomes a multipurpose gravel. If the concrete is clean enough, you can crush it even more and use as the aggregate for a new batch of concrete.
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