Recycled Materials Resource Center

The ultimate objective of the Recycled Materials Resource Center (RMRC) is to increase the wise use of recycled materials in roadway construction and maintenance. This objective will decrease the amount of materials going to landfills or stockpiles, and will reduce the cost and environmental impact of Department of Transportation (DOT) projects. This goal will be achieved through the following activities: (i) Systematically testing, evaluating, and developing standards and guidelines and demonstrating environmentally acceptable and occupationally safe technologies and techniques for the increased use of recycled materials in highway construction and maintenance. (ii) Making information available to State transportation departments, the Federal Highway Administration, the construction industry, local and municipal agencies, and other interested parties to assist in evaluating proposals to use recycled materials in transportation infrastructure construction and maintenance. (iii) Encouraging the increased use of traditional and non-traditional recycled materials by using scientific principles to analyze thoroughly all potential long-term considerations that affect the physical and environmental performance of recycled and secondary materials. (iv) Working cooperatively with Federal, State, and local officials to reduce institutional barriers that limit widespread use of recycled materials and to ensure that increased use is consistent with the sustained environmental and physical integrity of the infrastructure in which the materials are used. More detailed objectives will be determined in cooperation with the RMRC Board of Advisors and the State DOTs who contribute to the pooled fund.

• Record URL:
  http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/425

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $687200
• Contract Numbers:

  TPF-5(199)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Georgia Department of Transportation

  600 West Peachtree Rd
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30308

  Indiana Department of Transportation

  Indiana Government Center North
  100 North Senate Avenue
  Indianapolis, IN  United States  46204-2249

  New Hampshire Department of Transportation

  John O. Morton Building
  P.O. Box 483
  Concord, NH  United States  03302-0483

  Wisconsin Department of Transportation

  PO Box 7910
  4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 104
  Madison, WI  United States  53707-7910

  North Carolina Department of Transportation

  P.O. Box 25201
  1 South Wilmington Street
  Raleigh, NC  United States  27611

  New York State Department of Transportation

  50 Wolf Road
  Albany, NY  United States  12232

  Alabama Department of Transportation

  1409 Coliseum Blvd.
  Montgomery, AL  United States  36130
• Project Managers:

  Orthmeyer, Robert

• Start Date: 20090815
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20130601
• Source Data: RiP Project 29777

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Highway maintenance; Recycled materials; Road construction; Sustainable development
• Identifier Terms: Recycled Materials Resource Center
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I30: Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01560758
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: TPF-5(199)
• Files: RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 22 2015 1:03AM