Recycle and Build
Recycle and Build
In the United States, the feasibility study most likely will find that wood products from demolition contractors, plant materials from ground clearing and landscape contractors will be a viable supply source for insulating aggregates that the batch plant uses. Part of the feasibility study will be to determine what the insulation value of the concrete is using aggregates made from local recycled material.
The combinations of materials from our waste stream that can be recycled and used as aggregates including everything except food waste. Plastic, glass, tires, paper, are all acceptable aggregates that can be recycled and used in manufacturing the building components. However, each mixture's insulation value varies according to the aggregates used.
In countries with extensive housing shortages, the need for housing is so acute that basic shelter at an affordable price is paramount to energy efficiency derived from insulating aggregates. Where housing must be erected at the lowest possible cost, our building system offers the solution because we can "mine" the aggregates directly from the site and use a greater percentage of excavated earth from the site as an aggregate to be mixed with cement. This is possible because the cavities in our block get filled with regular concrete and steel reinforcing that act as the structural support.
Landfills were supposed to decompose that waste stream (trash) into soil. However older landfills have been excavated and this was found to be far from the truth. Hot dogs over twenty years old were found to be wholly intact and newspapers from the same era could still be read! Ninety-five percent of the landfills were supposed to reach capacity by the year 2,000 if no recycling or waste reduction efforts were to occur. One of the future benefits and functions for manufacturers of our building system is excavating, separating the various trash into plastic, rubber, etc., and recycling the landfill itself as a supply source for the aggregates. The manufacturer of our building components could recycle up to eighty-five percent of a landfill as a supply source for aggregates.
In summary, our building system can use all recycled waste products except food and radioactives. Ideally, the manufacturer would get paid to receive these waste products. The feasibility study will predict the amount of aggregates that can be generated from the local environment in sufficient quantities to supply the batch plant. Insulating aggregates are the most desirable. Processing equipment for the selected aggregates would then be specified and costed. Projections showing the revenues generated from the dump fees will be provided for each aggregate selected as well as the costs for such equipment. When demand for the product exceeds the supply of aggregates then polystyrene can be manufactured from virgin material.
