Pennsylvania Borough Considers Concrete Recycling

State College, Pa., seeks to expand recycling to include concrete, asphalt.

Published July 07, 2006

 

The borough of State College, Pa., is seeking a zoning change to permit the recycling of concrete and asphalt at the former site of the borough dump, according to a report in the Centre Daily (State College, Pa.).

 

Patton Township plans to create a new zoning designation, a “natural resource and recycling district,” to accommodate the request, according to the report. Public hearings on the new district and proposed zoning change have been scheduled.

 

The borough currently uses seven acres of the former dump site for composting and wood recycling. Asphalt and concrete from street and sidewalk projects is currently stored there, but not recycled. Under the proposed plan, the material would be recycled and used for backfilling sewer lines and on some road shoulders.
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