Recycling Plant Chooses New Porous Pavement

Aggregate and recycled glass is solidified with a flexible bonding agent and seated in a recycled, porous plastic structure.

FilterPave creates a colorful mosaic of glass aggregate that the manufacturer says is structurally stable.

Alpine Waste & Recycling Plant in Denver boasts an “Altogether Recycling” plant that has developed a system to process and recycle corrugated cardboard, all paper products, glass, plastic, aluminum and steel within a “one stream” conveyor belt.

In keeping with its recycling mantra, the Alpine plant recently chose to repave a large section of its parking lot using recycled

glass from its own plant. The facility installed a new porous pavement (FilterPave, developed by Denver-based Kaul Corp. and Presto Products Geosystems of Appleton, Wis.) that integrates recycled glass solidified with a high-strength, flexible bonding agent in a recycled, porous plastic structure.

The result, the manufacturer says, is a colorful mosaic of glass aggregate that is structurally stable.

Aggregate base materials filter stormwater and such harmful hydrocarbons as engine oil and transmission fluid.

The glass and aggregate porous pavement keeps things cooler than traditional concrete or asphalt pavements and allows runnoff to infiltrate quickly, reducing or eliminating the need for land space and costs associated with on-site stormwater detention/retention ponds.

In appearance, the glass fragments reflects sunlight and night lighting, giving off a sparkling effect.