Abstract
The economic and technical potential for recycling building materials from demolished buildings in the United States has been assessed. The first section of the study is a comprehensive analysis of the type and quantity of demolished building materials available nationwide, based on data collected from 27 cities and towns. The flow of demolition debris for the U.S. is estimated at 31 million metric tons (31 Mt, 34-million U.S. tons) for the mid-1970s. The factors correlated with the demolition-debris flow are studied to develop a model of the flow. Potential markets for the processed debris are examined, and options for the processing equipment for a central reclamation plant are evaluated. Such plants seem likely to be economical in most of the larger cities of the U.S. (>400 000 population).
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