The Benefits of Recycled Asphalt
How does recycled asphalt help the environemt? You’d be surprised! Read more on how recycled asphalt beats out newly mined asphalt and the huge impact it has in benefiting the environment.
Your Recycled Aggregates Experts
Welcome to Colorado Aggregate Recycling’s blog page! Today we’re focusing on why we consider ourselves to be Colorado’s go-to experts in recycled aggregates. First, Colorado Aggregate Recycling is a recycled aggregates supplier, located in Golden, Colorado. In a nutshell, we provide recycled concrete & asphalt materials (that we recycle ourselves) for purchase.
Recycled Aggregates For Road Base
Ever wonder what materials go into building a roadway? Read how recycled aggregates are used as road base and much more in Colorado Aggregate Recycling’s latest blog post.
Why Recycled Asphalt Pavement Matters
We’re diving into NAPA’s survey results on recycled asphalt pavement, America’s most recycled product! See how recycled asphalt pavement saves landfill space and taxpayer money.
The Facts and Future of Recycled Aggregates
The Facts of Aggregates First, let’s get some of the basic facts out of the way. Aggregates are composed of rock fragments used in their natural state or after mechanical processing…like washing or crushing. Virgin aggregates are comprised of sand and gravel, and crushed stone. Recycled aggregates consist mainly of crushed concrete and crushed asphalt pavement. According to the USGS, construction aggregates make up more than 80 percent of the total aggregates market, and are used mainly for road base,…
Producing Recycled Aggregates And Uses
Producing Recycled Aggregates Before we get to the different applications, let’s talk about how recycled aggregates are produced. At Colorado Aggregate Recycling we utilize our own heavy crushing equipment to crush the used concrete and asphalt rubble dumped at our yard. Customers often dispose of their used concrete or asphalt rubble/waste collected from roads, parking lots, runways, bridges and sidewalks. Many crushing sites have hoppers to receive the material, jaws to break down the pieces, impact crushers to continue crushing…