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Recycled Glass Aggregate as Pipe Bedding at the Puyallup/Kit Corner Custodial Landfill

Product and recycled content Recycled glass aggregate
100% recycled
Application Pipe bedding
Replaces pea gravel
Location/Date Puyallup/Kit Corner
Summer, 1994
Project manager/user John Komorita, Senior Engineer
Solid Waste Division, (206)296-4426
Architect/Engineer Applied Geotechnology, Inc
Allen Carey, (206)453-8383
General Contractor Glacier Environmental
Dave Pioli, (206)355-2826
Background, history Published studies conducted by the Clean Washington Center supported use of this material
Performance Compaction and handling comparable to pea gravel
Source of material Stoneway Concrete
Marc Clinton, (206)226-1000
Quantity/size 150 tons of 1/4" minus
Cost $20 per ton delivered
compared to $22 per ton-pea gravel
Cost savings or increase Less expensive than pea gravel
Installation, costs/savings Comparable
Source of extra funds None
Would you buy this product again? Yes, with reservations
Why or why not? There are maintenance concerns with using glass as pipe bedding in public projects (disposal of waste materials).
Comments Glass is not always available in the quantities needed. Check with your local supplier in advance.

Specifications:

Recycled Glass Aggregate - Solid Waste Division/Puyallup/Kit Corner Landfill

Division 9 MATERIALS
Section 9-03 AGGREGATES
9-03.7 Pipe-Bedding
Pipe-bedding, where specified on the Drawings, shall be beneficiated glass cullet with a gradation given below:
 
Sieve Size Percent Passing by Weight
1/4" 100
No. 10 0-50
No. 40 0-25
No. 200 0-5
 
Glass cullet shall be certified by the supplier to be 100 percent free of sharp conchoidal fracture surfaces. All edges shall be rounded. Cullet shall be free of all paper, bottle tops or material other than glass and shall be certified to pass all TCLP requirements.
The maximum dry density of glass cullet shall be determined by using the Standard Proctor Test as described by the ASTM D698 test procedure.
In the event the contractor cannot obtain cullet meeting the above criteria, and for all pipe bedding underneath roadways, pipe-bedding shall be as specified in section 9-03.16.

For more information about this product:

Recycled Glass Aggregate
Recycled Glass Aggregate as Pipe Bedding at the Houghton Custodial Landfill
 
Recycled concrete aggregate was also used as crushed stone surfacing on this project:
Recycled Concrete Aggregate
Recycled Concrete Aggregate as Crushed Stone Surfacing at the Puyallup/Kit Corner Custodial Landfill
Recycled Concrete Aggregate as Crushed Stone Surfacing at the Houghton Custodial Landfill

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