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RMX and AGG - multisite
Waste

Concrete returns AUSTRALIA N. ZEALAND RMX & Aggregates

reinvented:

from waste to resource

Opportunity • SEQ is the first major
In South-East Queensland metro market benefiting
(SEQ), 46,000 tonnes of from the roll out of this
unused concrete was sent initiative
to landfills or competitors • Sydney & Melbourne
in 2023, costing are next with deliveries
139,000 CHF. We saw an planned in 2024
opportunity to recycle
these products into high- Results George Agriogiannis
quality aggregates, road • 8,000 tonnes of recycled CEO
base, and sand, reducing waste concrete
landfill waste. • Savings of 24 kCHF on
disposal fees
Solution
• Concrete returns are The initiative inspired our
deposited in custom- customers that are using
made bins on RMX recycled products for
sites and returned to road base construction
a Holcim quarry for with a current substitution Cyril Giraud
processing rate of 30% in H1 2024. Head of
Sustainability

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