How one public works department developed a spec to use recycled
aggregate which allows for construction waste — including
toilets Recycling has reached a new level for the transportation
construction industry. The Public Works Department of the city
of Bellingham, Wash., pushed the limits of recycled materials
use with a street project that included 400 old toilets
incorporated into concrete. The Public Works Department
developed a specification using recycled aggregate, which allows
for the use of recycled brick, concrete, tile, toilets, and
other similar types of construction waste. “We did it because it
was the right thing — and it was fun,” Anthony Freeman, P.E.,
project engineer for Bellingham, tells Equipment World, Better
Roads and Aggregates Manager magazines. “We got to play mad
scientist. I think it [this project] really speaks about local
partnerships, though.” Freeman said the city was actively
looking at using recycled concrete on the sidewalks. “Now, we
have a spec that allows the city to do th