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| Environmental Advantages
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_______________The synthetic aggregate for the 21st century_______________ |
| ELITE Aggregates developed a lightweight synthetic aggregate, comprised of up to 45% by volume of bottom ash, and up to 45% by volume of expanded polystyrene, plastics and class C or F fly ash.
ELITE Aggregates can be used as a substitute for mineral based lightweight aggregates, reducing millions of pounds of solid waste materials currently being dumped into landfills.
ELITE Aggregates is a unique, patented technology that utilizes significant portions of waste and recyclable materials, including:
- expanded polystyrene
- plastics
- bottom ash
- fly ash
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| Conventional Landfill
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| Recycled Expanded Polystyrene (EPS)
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| The United States dumped 150 million pounds of expanded polystyrene (EPS) in our landfills in2000 alone. The Post Consumer Plastics Council estimates that between 1993 and 1996 only 10% of post-consumer plastics were recycled. The remaining 90% of these materials were wasted.
Imagine the impact of reducing worldwide landfill waste.
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| Plastics
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| Waste Plastic can also be used in our lightweight synthetic aggregate process. In the United States, we are dumping millions of pounds of waste plastics in our landfills.
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| Bottom Ash
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| Bottom Ash |
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Bottom ash is a by-product of coal-fired boilers. The EPA estimates that there are currently 600 coal burning power plants operating 1650 boilers in the United States. These boilers produce approximately 40 tons of bottom ash per day, the majority of which is being dumped in landfills. There was 2.7 million metric tons of bottom ash produced in the United States in 2000. Only 31 % of the bottom ash produced was commercially used or recycled in 2000. (U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries, July 2000) |
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| Fly Ash |
| Class C or Class F Fly Ash is the fine ash that is collected from the flues of the power plant stacks when coal is burned. This type of fly ash has cementitious and/or pozzolanic properties as part of its chemical makeup. The Class C or Class F fly ash is a component of our lightweight synthetic aggregate.
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| Environmental Advantages of Recycled Materials
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- Environmentally “green” products
- Uses 80% by volume, recycled non-hazardous solid waste materials, including polystyrene
- No degradation and pollution of the land, air and water from the use of rock quarries and sand gravel pits
- Significant reduction in the use of landfills for solid waste disposal
- Less use of Mineral Base Aggregates, or as an
alternative during aggregate shortages
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