Republican-American —BEACON FALLS, CT — The jelly jar you tossed into the blue recycling bin last week might become part of the concrete bridge you ride over in the future. A new facility that recently opened on Breault Road takes the recycled glass collected by municipalities and changes it into a white, powdery material that can […]

New Haven Biz —A New York company that recycles old bottles and jars into a product used to create greener concrete has opened a 16,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Beacon Falls. Urban Mining Industries held a soft opening Friday for the facility at 105A Breault Rd., the company’s first in Connecticut. The company is currently based in New Rochelle, […]

The construction sector is continually seeking new sources of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) to augment the portland cement, fly ash, slag cement, and silica fume used in modern concrete mixtures. Extensive research and testing have shown that several types of ground glass will perform well as a pozzolan in concrete. Supported by those results, ASTM […]

The Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) has announced its 2020 Environmental Sustainability Leadership Awards. Three outstanding programs in the Northeast were recognized, as well as one individual for lifetime achievement. Each of the winners was selected for their particularly high level of environmental achievement that supports NERC's mission.