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September 5, 2002

Laying a new path for recycled concrete

  • Old concrete now being used for roads, driveways and sidewalks
    • By TERRY STEPHENS
    Special to the Journal

    Black River Quarry
    Photos courtesy of Renton Concrete Recyclers
    Piles of concrete, ceramic and brick at Renton Concrete Recyclers’ Black River Quarry await reuse for highways and other construction projects.

    Seattle’s imploded Kingdome may live on in a roadway somewhere in King County, thanks to a relatively new recycling trend in Washington state that uses crushed concrete and other recycled materials to build less costly road beds.


     
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