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The recycling of materials used in outdated construction into new construction is probably as old as civilization itself. Although documentation is limited, certainly materials from various existing Roman, Egyptian, Greecian, etc. structures had been cannibalized for use in other construction. The advent of a highly mechanized society with low energy costs and the abundance of raw materials resulted in low cost construction materials. However, as labor costs escalated more rapidly in this environment than material or energy costs the rapid disposal, rather than recycling of construction materials was encouraged. To compound the overall situation, the invention of the rotary kiln led to the widespread production of virtually unlimited quantities of inexpensive portland cement. This along with the expanded use of steel reinforcement resulted in widespread use of concrete to make monolithic structures. The monolithic nature of concrete which makes it so unique and useful also has made its reclamation difficult and costly compared to the cost of using virgin materials in new concrete construction.
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Berger, R.L., Carpenter, S.H. (1981). Recycling of Concrete into New Applications. In: Kreijger, P.C. (eds) Adhesion Problems in the Recycling of Concrete. Nato Conference Series, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8312-7_34
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