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Recycled Asphalt Pavement: Best Practices Checklist

Developed as part of the Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Pilot conducted in collaboration with the City of Richmond, Lafarge Canada, and the National Zero Waste Council, the RAP Toolkit provides insight into key considerations as a best practice checklist when...
Recycled Asphalt Pavement: Best Practices Checklist
Recycled Asphalt Pavement: Best Practices Checklist

Developed as part of the Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Pilot conducted in collaboration with the City of Richmond, Lafarge Canada, and the National Zero Waste Council, the RAP Toolkit provides insight into key considerations as a best practice checklist when...

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Advancing Circular Construction in the United Kingdom
Advancing Circular Construction in the United Kingdom

The case studies presented by UK’s Business in the Community showcase the possibility of achieving carbon reduction and waste minimization targets using procurement. The Facilities & Building Management sector is a large contributor to landfill waste and carbon...

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Building Market Confidence: Recycled Asphalt Pavement
Building Market Confidence: Recycled Asphalt Pavement

In 2018, the City of Richmond, in collaboration with the National Zero Waste Council and Lafarge Canada, initiated a pilot to build market confidence in using recycled asphalt in paving and road applications. In November 2020, 800-metres of road was paved with asphalt...

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Recycled asphalt used for road resurfacing
Recycled asphalt used for road resurfacing

After generating enough experience and assessing the performance of recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) in previous projects, The City of Hamburg wanted to move from using less than 50% RAP to 100% when refurbishing resurfacing roads. Therefore, this tender focused on...

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A low carbon, circular approach to concrete procurement
A low carbon, circular approach to concrete procurement

Zurich has long strived to use as much recycled concrete as possible in its public building projects as aggregate. The inclusion of recycled aggregates helps close material loops related to concrete, which makes it more circular. While the use of recycled concrete is...

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