rmrc.wisc.eduRecycled Materials Resource Center | Focusing on Research & Outreach

Recycled Materials Resource Center | Focusing on Research & Outreach 1415 Engineering Dr., Madison, WI 53706 | 608-262-3225 -- Main menu Skip to content About Us What We Do Mission Statement RMRC Leadership and Researchers Contact Us Tools Recycled Materials Web Map Material Tracking Tool BE2ST-in-Highways PaLATE ME-PDG IWEM v3.1 WiscLEACH User Guidelines General Information Introduction Matrix Glossary Notice Evaluation Guidance Environmental and Engineering Evaluation State Contacts Cost Issues Standards & Specifications Materials Baghouse Fines Blast Furnace Slag Coal Bottom Ash/Boiler Slag Coal Fly Ash FGD Scrubber Material Foundry Sand Kiln Dusts Mineral Processing Wastes MSW Combustor Ash Nonferrous Slags Quarry By-Products Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Reclaimed Concrete Material Roofing Shingle Scrap Scrap Tires Sewage Sludge Ash Steel Slag Sulfate Wastes Waste Glass Applications General Descriptions Asphalt Concrete Pavement Portland Cement Concrete Pavement Granular Base Embankment or Fill Stabilized Base Flowable Fill Acknowledgements Other Guidance Documents Research Current Research Completed Research Theses Outreach Eva the Engineer Eva the Engineer Syllabus Eva the Engineer Results Upcoming Events Past Outreach Reference Library Presentations and Webinars Materials Baghouse Fines Blast Furnace Slag Coal Bottom Ash/Boiler Slag Coal Fly Ash FGD Scrubber Material Foundry Sand Kiln Dusts Mineral Processing Wastes MSW Combustor Ash Nonferrous Slags Quarry By-Products Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Reclaimed Concrete Material Roofing Shingle Scrap Scrap Tires Sewage Sludge Ash Steel Slag Sulfate Wastes Waste Glass Join RMRC-4G Request Information Our Partners Links UW – Madison WisDOT Federal Highway Administration Recycled Materials Web Map Search Site Our Mission The Recycled Materials Resource Center conducts research and outreach on environmental and material properties of recycled materials and catalyzes their wise and appropriate use in the marketplace. Announcements The Road to Greener Asphalt Hussain Bahia, a Vilas Distinguished Professor of civil and environmental engineering at UW-Madison has collaborated with the RMRC to perform test-asphalt mixes using 30- and 50-percent recycled content. The goal of this research is to encourage increased recycled material content in asphalt mix usage. The research is ongoing and the results should provide agencies and industry players with tests and standards that ensure recycled mixes perform as well as or better than conventional mixes. For more information, please review the following article: https://www.engr.wisc.edu/road-greener-asphalt/ Environmental Benefits of Cold-In-Place Recycling The RMRC recently finished finalized their report on research quantifying the environmental impacts associated with CIR and Mill and Overlay. This was done via a life cycle assessment (LCA) using the tool PaLATE (Pavement Life-cycle Assessment Tool for Environmental and Economic Effects). Energy consumption, water usage, and carbon dioxide emissions were chosen as the scope of the LCA for this project. An LCA was performed for both the constructed CIR design and a hypothetical Mill and Overlay design of the same roadway and later compared. Results show an average of 22% savings in energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions when using CIR in place of Mill and Overlay, and 20% savings in water usage. The overall summation showed CIR saved 23,871,001 kWh in energy consumption, 4,955 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, and 30 tons of water consumption. It was determined that the environmental savings achieved by using CIR are directly related to the reduction in volume of HMA used in the thinner HMA overlay, and to the reduction in transportation of materials to and from site For more information, please review the following report: Environmental Benefits of Cold-In-Place Recycling Recycled Materials Resource Center - College of Engineering 2204 Engineering Hall - 1415 Engineering Drive - Madison, WI 53706-1691...