- EPA requirements regularly change and you need to keep up with their requirements
- They continue to increase in stringency and demand
- Faile to comply with EPA requirements and you risk financial losses through fines, penalties and possible business closures either short term whilst you deal with the problem(s) or longer term if the solutions are technically or financially beyond your capacity to deal with them.
- We all have a moral and ethical responsibility to ensure we have a minimal impact on the environment and a maximum effort to protect it
So…. What to do with unused concrete??
The obvious answer for some and the not so obvious answer for many others is to recycle the waste in your own plant instead of paying someone else to take your waste and profit from it, so let’s look at a few pertinent but important facts here.
Capital costs of a small single truck recycling plant are not excessive but you need to:
- Purchase the recycling plant.
- Prepare the ground and construct adequate and suitable foundations and settling pits to the specific design of each plant.
- Install and commission the plant; mechanically, electrically and civilly.
A single truck recycling plant would cost around $ 85,000 for the plant and around $170,000 for civils and electrics for an all up budget price of $255,000.
Small business operators would think carefully before committing such a sum to what they see is an un-necessary expense and operation but, and there is always a “but”….
A concrete mix consists of cement, water, additives, sand and aggregates of a particular size.
- We cannot recycle the cement but we can recycle every other ingredient.
- We can clarify and treat the water for re-use in concrete manufacture
- We can wash and separate the sand and aggregates again for re-use in concrete manufacture.
- The cost savings from recycled materials will amount a considerable sum of money over a 2 year period and depending on how much waste you recycle, the payback period could well be no more than 2 years after which, the savings go straight to your bottom line profit.
It really is that simple so why would you not do it?
For a competitive quotation, contact us. Batch & Reclaim – Bulk Handling Equipment Pty. Ltd.
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