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  2. 5 common recyclable materials for greener building - AOL

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    Many building components can be recycled and turned into new products. In 2018, over 27% of wood construction debris was diverted from landfills to become engineered wood products, compost, mulch ...

  3. Concrete recycling - Wikipedia

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    Crushing concrete from an airfield. Concrete recycling is the use of rubble from demolished concrete structures. Recycling is cheaper and more ecological than trucking rubble to a landfill. [ 1] Crushed rubble can be used for road gravel, revetments, retaining walls, landscaping gravel, or raw material for new concrete.

  4. Category:Recycled building materials - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Recycled building materials" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  5. Recycling by material - Wikipedia

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    Concrete recycling is the use of rubble from demolished concrete structures. Recycling is cheaper and more ecological than trucking rubble to a landfill. [ 3] Crushed rubble can be used for road gravel, revetments, retaining walls, landscaping gravel, or raw material for new concrete.

  6. Papercrete - Wikipedia

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    Papercrete is a building material that consists of re-pulped paper fiber combined with Portland cement or clay, as well as other soils. First patented in 1928 by Eric Patterson and Mike McCain [ 1] (who originally named it "padobe" and "fibrous cement"), it was revived during the 1980s. It is generally perceived as an environmentally friendly ...

  7. Green building - Wikipedia

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    Building materials typically considered 'green' include lumber( that has been certified to a third-party standard), rapidly renewable plant materials (like bamboo and straw), dimension stone, recycled stone, hempcrete, recycled metal (see: copper sustainability and recyclability), and other non-toxic, reusable, renewable, and/or recyclable ...

  8. Japanese architect brings example of 'paper tube home' to Maui

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    He began testing recyclable paper tubes as a potential building material in the mid-'80s to avoid industrial waste, before sustainability became hip. He found they were stronger than expected ...

  9. Wood–plastic composite - Wikipedia

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    Wood–plastic composite. Wood–plastic composites (WPCs) are composite materials made of wood fiber / wood flour and thermoplastic (s) such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or polylactic acid (PLA). In addition to wood fiber and plastic, WPCs can also contain other ligno-cellulosic and/or inorganic filler ...

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