Method of making daily cover for a landfill
AssigneeRecovermat Technologies, Inc.
InventorsR. Paul Smith, Michael I. Price
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Abstract
A method of recycling construction and demolition debris to produce an article suitable as a daily cover for a landfill is disclosed. The method generally comprises the steps of removing large pieces of metal from the debris, compacting the balance of the debris into small pieces, shredding the debris into smaller particles, separating the ferrous and optionally the non-ferrous metals from the debris utilizing the combination of magnetic, air and/or water separating systems, dewatering the shredded debris to produce a product suitable for use as a daily cover for a landfill.
Claims13
A method of making daily cover for a landfill comprising the steps of:
- providing a supply of construction and demolition debris;
- adding water to said debris;
- and
- processing said debris through a shredder so as to produce a moist shredded product having an average particle size and a moisture content sufficient to permit use of said product as daily cover for a landfill.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.