Reuse of Concrete By-Products in Blokpave Manufacturing

Summary

BGC Cement Plant supplies its waste concrete pavers, cylinders, tiles (mostly from testing) to BGC Blokpave Plant for recycling in its production process.

Industry

Industry Sector	Specific Industry
Building & construction sector	Cement mill
Building & construction sector	Producer of blokpavers

Region

Kwinana Industrial Area, Kwinana, ( Perth , Western Australia ).

Applied Technologies

• Not known

Triple Bottom Line Aspects (direct at operational level)

Economic	Lower waste disposal costs Transportation costs
Environment	Reduction of concrete by-products to landfill Increased resource efficiency
Social	None identified

Additional Comments

None.

References

• van Beers, D, Bossilkov, A and van Berkel, R (2005) “Capturing Regional Synergies in the Kwinana Industrial Area – 2005 Status Report”, CSRP Report (for Project 3B1), August 2005

Last Update

18 January 2007