Recycled Aggregates

Guidelines For Dumping Used Aggregates

You may not know it, but when customers bring their used aggregates to our yard in Golden, Colorado for dumping, we take that material and put it through a recycling process that allows for reuse of the material in construction, landscaping, and road projects/applications. We only recycle the used concrete and asphalt rubble brought in by our customers, so our recycling process is only possible because of the people who choose to reduce landfill waste & support the environment through…

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The Facts and Future of Recycled Aggregates

The Facts of Aggregates First, let’s get some of the basic facts out of the way. Aggregates are composed of rock fragments used in their natural state or after mechanical processing…like washing or crushing. Virgin aggregates are comprised of sand and gravel, and crushed stone.  Recycled aggregates consist mainly of crushed concrete and crushed asphalt pavement. According to the USGS, construction aggregates make up more than 80 percent of the total aggregates market, and are used mainly for road base,…

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Producing Recycled Aggregates And Uses

Producing Recycled Aggregates Before we get to the different applications, let’s talk about how recycled aggregates are produced. At Colorado Aggregate Recycling we utilize our own heavy crushing equipment to crush the used concrete and asphalt rubble dumped at our yard. Customers often dispose of their used concrete or asphalt rubble/waste collected from roads, parking lots, runways, bridges and sidewalks. Many crushing sites have hoppers to receive the material, jaws to break down the pieces, impact crushers to continue crushing…

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About Us

Colorado Aggregate Recycling produces a variety of grades and types of recycled concrete and asphalt materials tailored to meet your project’s needs and specifications.

Yard Customer Service Hours  

Monday – Friday
7:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Saturday (By Appointment)
Sunday – Closed