Thread: Has anyone used Recycled Asphalt.

In New Zealand they truly recycle asphalt. Pick it up and cook it again and reuse it as road surface.

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

Now that is just being cruel for no reason

I don't understand this?
I'm serious. Once you're heritage listed you have not much say in anything to do with your property. Well, in Queensland. Not sure about other states.

They do here too. Its just not usually commercially viable to do it, unless you are very close to the plant. There are also quality control issues as you don't know exactly what stone grading etc is going in via the old asphalt.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

In New Zealand they truly recycle asphalt. Pick it up and cook it again and reuse it as road surface.

Originally Posted by Saitch

Careful, Shane, or you may end up "Heritage Listed" and you don't want that!

Or worse, the property could be heritage listed.

Originally Posted by cjc_td5

They do here too. Its just not usually commercially viable to do it, unless you are very close to the plant. There are also quality control issues as you don't know exactly what stone grading etc is going in via the old asphalt.

They do it in NZ probably because they actually care about their environment unlike here.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

In New Zealand they truly recycle asphalt. Pick it up and cook it again and reuse it as road surface.

We do in Australia as well but the recycled asphalt added is only about 25% of the new asphalt produced thus the surplus.
One of the problems is that profiled asphalt ranges in size from dust to larger (30-50mm dia) particles. New asphalt requires a single size aggregate (7, 14, 20mm). The other sized particules are waste.
Also certain applications dont allow any recycled products but the trend is to use shredded car tyres, old plastic oil containers and recycled ashalt as much as possible with some very good results.

Originally Posted by Redback

They do it in NZ probably because they actually care about their environment unlike here.

We can't really compared to other countries unless they are a similar size. Just look at bottle recycling for example. How can trucking and shipping glass bottles over the country (at which point they will send to landfill entire truck loads if a single piece of ceramic is found within it) as "environmentally friendly". Most of the recycling schemes are "feel good" ridiculous crap implemented by greeny nutters (or people that intend to make profits out of it). Just look at the insanity of shipping our "recycling" to a 3rd world country. What fruitloop came up with that idea. How in the hell can shipping rubbish around the world be "good" for the environment .

I find it highly unlikely that asphalt will be sent to landfill when torn up. it will be dumped in the local areas as driveways/etc.

seeya,
Shane L.