DCL to put recycled aggregate to better use

DCL aims to help find permanent areas where recycled aggregate can be put to good use.

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Dubai Central Laboratory (DCL) has signed an agreement with Emirates Recycling to study and evaluate recycled construction waste.

The study, which will take seven months to complete, aims to help find permanent areas where recycled aggregate can be put to good use.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Hawa Abdulla Bastaki, director of DCL department of Dubai Municipality said different samples of recycled rubble will be taken for physical, chemical and mechanical tests according to the approved standard methods of testing.

"In the light of the results of these tests we will assess the possibility of using recycled product in layers, concrete and bricks,” she said.

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Abdullah Rafia, acting assistant director general for the Health, Safety and Environment Monitoring Sector of the Dubai Municipality also stressed the need to reconsider the specification of building materials in the light of the results of this study to increase the possibility of using recycled materials.

The ‘Research and Study for the Evaluation of the Recycled Aggregate’ will be overseen by a technical team of Dubai Municipality, in addition to representatives from the contracting companies and consultancy offices and the universities.