The city as raw materials source
Placing recycled concrete on the market
Diminishing raw materials, dense traffic and complex logistics are much-discussed topics. These issues are accompanied by the goals of minimizing negative environmental effects, closing materials cycles, and preserving raw materials. “Mine the city – utilizing the city as raw materials source” – is a topic of the future. This is the field of tension in which the concrete industry also finds itself trying to find the right balance. At Holcim, the construction engineer Hagen Aichele is responsible for the company concrete division in southern Germany and early addressed the demands that society,...
