¿Waste bituminous mixtures? Considerations and current possibilities for use in the construction and maintenance of flexible pavements

Juan José Potti
Executive Chairman of ASEFMA
Spanish Association of Manufacturers of Asphalt Mixture

José Luis Peña
ASEFMA
Spanish Association of Manufacturers of Asphalt Mixture

ABSTRACT

All sectors of industrial activity and in particular, construction, and more specifically the paving, must face its responsibilities and adopt a decisive and proactive attitude to recycling policy, as established by various OECD reports on especially in those products derived precisely from its sector, in our case of by-products generated from the road.

This article very briefly describe the general situation analyzing current possibilities and a number of examples that have been developed for reuse in Spain of a series of industrial products in the different layers of the firm are addressed.

KEYWORDS

Pavement, Asphalt, Waste, Recycling, Milling, Byproduct, Bituminous mixture.