Current Concrete Waste Recovery Practices

Our Concrete Waste Recovery Solution for Producers (CWRSP)

Concrete Waste Recovery Facts

  • Concrete is the second most consumed material after water
  • The recovery of concrete falls between standard definitions of reuse and recycling. Concrete that is broken down into aggregates (granular material), generally to be reused in road works, but also as aggregates in new concrete
  • More than 55 million tonnes of concrete is produced each year in Australia
  • In 2013–14 Sustainability Victoria commissioned market analysis into four waste materials identified as priorities for market development – Concrete was one of those materials
  • Concrete makes up the greatest proportion of masonry material recycled in Australia, at around 60 per cent of all masonry material recycled*
  • In 2010-11, 2.174 million tonnes of concrete were recycled in Victoria