Lesson 3

Question 1

Reclamation/reclaimed materials

Answer 1

The care, sorting and storage during or after the dismantling or demolition, to make materials available for reuse of recycling

Question 2

Reuse

Answer 2

Re-using builiding components in the same manner/for the same purpose as they originally used, but in a new structure. + with no or minimum processing (transport is not reprocessing)

Question 3

Recycling

Answer 3

Reprocessing/Remanufacturing of useful or usable materials into other useable materials that would otherwise be ended up with landfill or become waste

Question 4

Benefits of recycling (4)

Answer 4

• Protect the environment
• Conserves natural resources
• Saves energy
• Creates jobs

Question 5

Recycling of concrete

Answer 5

1) Prescreening
2) Crushing
3) Screening
4) Possible magnet separation, water washing, wind blow, …

Question 6

Recycling of masonry

Answer 6

1) Reuse of bricks, masonry elements and tiles
2) Recycling of crushed bricks and tiles in new products, bound or unbound
3) Recycling of crushed bricks and tiles in road base
4) Recovering as backfill, landscaping, walls