Street Sweepings

What is it?

Street sweepings consist of sand and other debris collected from roadways.

- General Info

Beneficial Uses
  • Reuse as road sand
  • Fill material
  • Landfill cover
  • Raw material replacement

- Beneficial Uses
 - Case Studies

Properties
  • Classified as silty sand with small amounts of litter and organic matter

- Engineering Properties
- Environmental Properties

Producers
  • Collected from roadways by municipal public works departments

- Current Disposal
- Material Source
 - Economic Template

 

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The University of Maine

 ŠThis is an official publication of The University of Maine.  "Beneficial Use of Solid Waste in Maine."

March 12, 2006.  http://useit.umaine.edu/