October 10, 2007
Two North Carolina counties are crushing landfill rocks and turning them into aggregate, which they plan to sell to contractors, in addition to using for roads in and out of the landfill.
Brunswick County, following the lead of Horry County, last week the county began grinding 60,000 tons of concrete it has accumulated for several years. Brunswick County reuses about 6,000 to 7,000 tons - about 30 percent - of the construction and demolition debris it receives annually, and that doesn't count discarded appliances and tires. Horry County's construction and demolition landfill recycled about 44,500 tons of waste last year, Hardee said, most of which was aggregate.
The counties expect to sell much of the recycled aggregate to contractors for roadbeds and driveways.