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"World's Largest Recycle Project"
Effective August, 2005, Recycled Materials Company, Inc. ( RMCI ) of Arvada completed the demolition and removal of 6.5 million tons of concrete and asphalt hardscape at the former Stapleton International Airport in Denver , Colo. That is enough aggregate to build the Hoover Dam!
RMCI began removals in July of 1999; taking six full years to complete. Per RMCI 's contract with the city of Denver , crews and the remaining stockpiles of recycled hardscape will remain on the Stapleton site until July of 2009, or until all recycled products have been sold.
RMCI is the first recycle firm to pioneer and implement a "no-cost" (to the City of Denver ) re-use and sustainability model with their successful recycling of Stapleton. The recycling project at Stapleton, which is the "World's Largest Recycling Project", has become a model for brownfield projects worldwide.
Recycled concrete and asphalt from Stapleton has been reused in countless Colorado state and municipal road projects and at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Of course, a great deal of the recycled specification aggregate generated by this project is being re-used at the Stapleton re-development site itself in the interest of project sustainability and in close working association with Forest City, the site developer. Products resulting from the operations at Stapleton range from sand to 'Staplestone'- large concrete blocks suitable for retention walls, barriers, and other landscaping projects.
 As a result of the Stapleton success, RMCI has secured contract negotiations with the City of Irvine, Calif. to recycle the 4,700 acre El Toro Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) in Orange County . Recycling of El Toro began in 2006, may take RMCI up to eight years or longer to accomplish, and represents a significant cost savings to the City of Irvine in avoided demolition costs as all 3.5 million tons of recycled hardscape will be re-used on-site by the developer.
For additional information, contact RMCI President, Rick Givan.
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