Recycling and Reuse at Lafarge
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| When it comes to sustainability, Lafarge is an industry leader in the recycling and reuse of manufacturing waste and select consumer waste previously destined for the landfill. See how it works |
Many years ago, a landfill was a sad and disgusting place. Mounds of trash riddled with broken glass, discarded tires, roofing materials and other waste products were unceremoniously buried deep in the earth and emitted noxious odors and putrid liquids. And as more and more trash was buried and landfills became ever more expensive to construct, the available landfill spaces became smaller and fewer.
Today’s landfills have evolved into organized distribution centers, where much of the materials are sorted, recycled and reused as feedstock to create new products. Much less is buried and, equally important, there is now less reliance on natural resources like alumia, iron, coal, coke, and oil.
Lafarge can help your company in its recycling efforts.
Does your plant generate any of the following waste products?
| Waste oil Plastics Tank bottoms Organic Liquids Paper Toner Ink Debris Textiles Animal and bone meal Wood Poultry Litter Ceramics Sandblast media Dusts | Catalysts Contaminated Waters Filtercakes Iron sludges Spent refractory Landfill gas Tires Foundry sand Iron oxides Asphalt Shingles Fly ash / bottom ash Clay filters and sludges Spent lime sludges Abrasives Baghouse dusts |
Lafarge can help you become more environmentally friendly by diverting these materials away from the landfill and reusing them as fuel and filler material. More on Lafarge's Waste Services
Lafarge recycles millions of tons of waste in its own Cement, Asphalt and Gypsum plants.
