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The Idiots' Guide to Highways Maintenance
Copyright © 2000/13, C.J.Summers

Click to return to Contents PagePAGES OF FURTHER INFORMATION ON RECYCLING IN HIGHWAYS MAINTENANCE

Off site recycling of  reclaimed highway material  "Dry" aggregate crushing and regrading for granular materials.

Road surface patching, using in-situ hot recycling  Controlled heating of the actual surface, without removal, and reworking with additional new bituminous material.

Hot Recycling of Bituminous Materials  Hot remixing of various bituminous arisings and especially asphalt planings, in situ or depot based.

Full depth, in situ, road pavement  recycling ( FDR )  Reworking the whole, or most, of the road pavement thickness.

Lime / Cement / and other Hydraulic Binders, Soil and Reclaimed Material Stabilisation Largely relating the the appropriate specifications and caution with sol types.

Cold Recycling of Bituminous Materials with Foamed Bitumen This can be in situ or plant based.

Table of items related to recycling in Highways Maintenance Relevant specifications, reports, and codes of practice relating to recycling.