Traditional asphalt repair and reconstruction generates massive waste, consumes enormous resources, and produces substantial carbon emissions. Soil Solutions’ asphalt recycling represents a truly sustainable alternative.
Environmental Impact of Traditional Reconstruction:
Massive Waste Generation: Traditional reconstruction requires removing tons of old asphalt per kilometer—often sent to hazardous material landfills where it occupies space for decades. Base materials are also discarded, creating total waste streams tons per project. Having a high carbon footprint, and negative environmental impact.
New Material Consumption: Reconstruction requires tons of virgin aggregate per kilometer, requiring quarrying, processing, haulage and laying. New asphalt production requires high-temperature processing and petroleum-based materials. Having a high Carbon footprint.
Carbon Emissions: Demolition equipment operation, thousands of truck trips hauling waste and materials, aggregate quarrying and processing, and asphalt production at high temperatures all generate substantial CO₂ emissions.
Soil Solutions’ Sustainable Asphalt Recycling:
Zero Waste Generation: 100% of existing materials are reused in place—no landfill waste, no disposal costs, and no environmental impact from waste transportation and disposal = Sustainable Solution.
Minimal New Materials: Only small amounts of recycling agents and additives are required. No aggregate mining, no resource depletion, and preservation of natural materials for future generations.
Dramatic Emission Reductions: In-place recycling eliminates 90-95% of truck traffic, requires no high-temperature asphalt production, uses minimal energy beyond recycling equipment, and delivers carbon footprint reductions of 70-85% versus reconstruction.
Sustainable Performance:
Recycled roads deliver equivalent or superior lifespan compared to traditional reconstruction (20-30 years), require less maintenance over their lifecycle, and can be recycled again at end of life—creating true circular economy for road infrastructure.
Sustainable asphalt rehabilitation. Soil Solutions delivers proven environmentally responsible solutions: www.soilsolutions.com
