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Use Of Waste Foundry Sand In Highway Construction : Final Report, Sayeed Javed
Use Of Waste Foundry Sand In Highway Construction : Final Report, Sayeed Javed
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The promulgation of environmental regulations, both at the federal and state level, have resulted in increased control over both the hazardous and nonhazardous wastes generated in the foundry industry. The increased regulation action has in many cases resulted in foundry wastes being disposed in highly engineered and often times costly land disposal facilities. Beneficial reuse represents an alternative to disposal and the associated problems of diminished landfill capacity and increased tipping fees. This study contains: synthesis of all available information and laboratory results for different beneficial uses of waste foundry sand. Among the different beneficial uses, waste foundry sand as …