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AASHTO takes recycling steps.(Commodities)
The Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has established a Recycling Task Force within its Subcommittee on Materials (SOM).
The mission of the Recycling Task Force is investigating which recycled products can work in the highway environment and to support the development and implementation of standards that Facilitate the use of recycled materials.
The committee is made up of transportation officials from five states and two from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). "Our primary initiative is to find out what things are sound from both an engineering and environmental standpoint," Gerald Malasheskie, chairman of the task force and chief of the Materials and Testing Division of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, says.
Additionally, the committee will determine which states have experience with certain recycled materials, identify any needed research and assess whether the TEA21funded Recycled Materials Research Center (RMRC) at the University of New Hampshire is able to do the research or assist with standards development. "All of the above is aimed at heading us in a direction of developing appropriate standards and guidelines wherever they are needed," says Malasheskie.
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Source: HighBeam Research, AASHTO takes recycling steps.(Commodities)