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History of NCDOT's
Resource Conservation

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  MATERIALS
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Scrap Tires: used for embankment fills, guardrail mats, expansion joints, to seal cracks in the pavement, soil amendments, traffic barrel ballast, and retaining walls.

Fly Ash: used in embankment fills and as a concrete additive.

Processed Silica: used in embankment fills.

Recycled Plastics: used in fence posts, shoulder and edge drain pipes, barricades, guardrail offset blocks, plastic lumber, marine applications, park benches, picnic tables, trash and recycling bins.

Clearing and Demolition Derbis and Yard Waste: used in landscaping and erosion control.

Poultry Litter and Municipal Sludge: used as soil amendment to enhance the soil in roadside wildflowers.

Recycled Glass: used for pipe foundations conditioning material and made into reflective beads, which are added to road paint markings. Crushed Glass used as drainage aggregate.

Shingles: used as an additive in asphalt pavements.

Aluminum: recycled into highway signs.

Recycled Concrete: used in new road construction, artificial fishing reefs, and rip rap.

Recycled Asphalt: used in making new asphalt mixes.

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