What Benefits Accrue From Recycling CCPs?
Recycling CCPs into useful products can save utility customers millions of dollars a year. Unless they are recycled, the CCPs must be land filled, and the associated disposal expenses are passed along to the rate payers. Recycling also saves energy because CCPs replace products that require considerable energy to manufacture. Each ton of Fly Ash that replaces a ton of cement saves the equivalent of nearly one barrel of imported oil. Substituting CCPs for such products as limestone, clay, sand, and gravel also reduces depletion of these valuable resources.
