New York Paving Company Wins Recycling Award

A Litchfield, N.Y.-construction material production and paving company has been awarded for its recycling efforts by the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority, according to a report in the Evening Telegram (Herkimer, N.Y.).

Barrett Paving Materials Inc. was awarded the Recycling Award for Excellence by the authority for its endeavors, which included using more than 37,000 tons of recycled asphalt material and recovering nearly 25,000 tons of stone material from quarry settling ponds that was reused as a resalable product and for quarry reclamation.

The company spent around $500,000 to implement new crushing and screening equipment at its Litchfield plant to help produce recycled asphalt products, according to the report. The company has also worked with the New York Department of Transportation to promote the use of recycled asphalt in road projects in Herkimer and Oneida counties.