CONSTRUCTION & DEMOLITION FINES RECYCLING

SANEXEN is taking another important step as an environmental leader in innovative solutions.

FIRST MOBILE CONSTRUCTION & DEMOLITION FINES RECYCLING PROCESS IN NORTH AMERICA

SANEXEN offers the first mobile Construction & Demolition fines (also known as “recovered screen material”) recovery process solution of its kind in North America. SANEXEN turns the Construction & Demolition debris into valuable by-products such as compost, aggregates, and wood. This new mobile process offers large scale processing. C&D fines are a large fraction of the material managed at C&D sorting facilities, with some facilities generating up to 25% of their inbound volume in C&D fines.

FIRST MOBILE CONSTRUCTION & DEMOLITION FINES RECYCLING PROCESS IN NORTH AMERICA

Millions of tons of these C&D debris will now be fully recycled and reused instead of ending up in our landfills.

Until recently, C&D debris left over from construction sites or building demolition would be loaded onto trucks and dumped into landfills, including tons of products like concrete, gypsum and shingles, and organic waste like wood, paper, and cardboard.

Contact Anne-Marie Gagnon
Senior Director,
Environment, SANEXEN

CONTACT ANNE-MARIE

FIRST MOBILE CONSTRUCTION & DEMOLITION FINES RECYCLING PROCESS IN NORTH AMERICA

SANEXEN offers the first mobile Construction & Demolition fines (also known as “recovered screen material”) recovery process solution of its kind in North America. SANEXEN turns the Construction & Demolition debris into valuable by-products such as compost, aggregates, and wood. This new mobile process offers large scale processing. C&D fines are a large fraction of the material managed at C&D sorting facilities, with some facilities generating up to 25% of their inbound volume in C&D fines. Millions of tons of these C&D debris will now be fully recycled and reused instead of ending up in our landfills.

Until recently, C&D debris left over from construction sites or building demolition would be loaded onto trucks and dumped into landfills, including tons of products like concrete, gypsum and shingles, and organic waste like wood, paper, and cardboard.

Contact Anne-Marie Gagnon
Senior Director, Environment, SANEXEN

CONTACT ANNE-MARIE

TOP 10 BENEFITS

01

Enables customers to reuse tonnes of waste maximising the recycling of waste

06

Offsets the environmental impact associated with the extraction and consumption of virgin resources and production of new materials

02

Allows us to meet state and local requirements for waste diversion and recovery rates

07

Leads to fewer disposal facilities, potentially reducing the associated environmental issues

03

Conserves landfill space for waste that can only be sent to landfills

08

Lowers harmful emissions

04

Reduces overall building and demolition expenses

09

Generates added-value processing for biofuels and renewal chemicals

05

Minimizes transport costs

10

Reduces the carbon footprint

TOP 10 BENEFITS

01

Enables customers to reuse tonnes of waste maximising the recycling of waste

02

Allows us to meet state and local requirements for waste diversion and recovery rates

03

Conserves landfill space for waste that can only be sent to landfills

04

Reduces overall building and demolition expenses

05

Minimizes transport costs

06

Offsets the environmental impact associated with the extraction and consumption of virgin resources and production of new materials

07

Leads to fewer disposal facilities, potentially reducing the associated environmental issues

08

Lowers harmful emissions

09

Generates added-value processing for biofuels and renewal chemicals

10

Reduces the carbon footprint

OUR APPROACH

Our goal is to ultimately reduce the amounts of C&D materials disposed in landfills, without having to change the process of current C&D operations. Our mobile reclamation process allows renewed applications of the treated debris. SANEXEN turns the debris into valuable by-products, such as compost, aggregates and wood.

BITUMINOUS MIX AND AGGREGATE MATERIALS

The coarser component of the C&D material residues is mechanically screened to obtain bituminous mix and aggregate materials for road applications.

WOOD RESIDUES

Lighter component of the C&D fines are directed towards added-value processing for biofuels and renewal chemicals.

GYPSUM MATERIALS

Ultra-fine component of the C&D fines are biologically treated into compost with high soil fertilizing value, for mining sites, landfill cover materials and/or landscaping applications. Can also be further transformed into additives for manufactured construction or appliances products (foams, composites, plastics).

OUR APPROACH

Our goal is to ultimately reduce the amounts of C&D materials disposed in landfills, without having to change the process of current C&D operations. Our mobile reclamation process allows renewed applications of the treated debris. SANEXEN turns the debris into valuable by-products, such as compost, aggregates and wood.

BITUMINOUS MIX AND AGGREGATE MATERIALS

The coarser component of the C&D material residues is mechanically screened to obtain bituminous mix and aggregate materials for road applications.

WOOD RESIDUES

Lighter component of the C&D fines are directed towards added-value processing for biofuels and renewal chemicals.

GYPSUM MATERIALS

Ultra-fine component of the C&D fines are biologically treated into compost with high soil fertilizing value, for mining sites, landfill cover materials and/or landscaping applications. Can also be further transformed into additives for manufactured construction or appliances products (foams, composites, plastics).

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